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Annunciation

n. a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence"

day

n. a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day"

day

n. some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual"

day

n. a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day"

day

n. the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?"

day

n. an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day"

day, sidereal day

n. the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day

announcement, proclamation, annunciation, promulgation

n. a formal public statement

Annunciation, March 25, Lady Day

n. a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

day, solar day, twenty-four hours, mean solar day

n. time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"

daylight, day, daytime

n. the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"

day, workday, working day, working hours, conditioned hours

n. the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage; "they work an 8-hour day"

statement

n. a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"

affirmation, avowal

n. a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

maintenance, claim

n. an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims"

dictum, obiter dictum

n. an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

authorization, mandate

n. a document giving an official instruction or command

opinion, ruling

n. the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

injunction, enjoining, enjoinment

n. (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"

notice

n. an announcement containing information about a future event; "you didn't give me enough notice"

resolution, resolve, declaration

n. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

order, rescript, decree, edict, fiat

n. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"

morning, dawn, sunrise, aurora, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, sunup, cockcrow, first light, break of the day, break of day

n. the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"

matins, morning prayer

n. the first canonical hour; at daybreak

dark, night, night time

n. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

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