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Midsummer Day

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Mid·sum·mer Day  (mdsmr)
n.
1. June 24, observed in Europe, Latin America, and Scandinavian communities in the United States in commemoration of the summer solstice.
2. June 24, observed in many Christian churches in commemoration of the birth of Saint John the Baptist.
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Noun1.Midsummer Day - a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
June 24, Midsummer's Day, St John's Day
quarter day - a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due
June - the month following May and preceding July


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That, pending the arrival of this period, an income of six hundred pounds was to be paid to him by his two Trustees, half-yearly--at Christmas and Midsummer Day.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
I had nothing else to do, because it was the vacation, and I sat at them from morning till noon, and from noon till night: the length of the midsummer days favoured my inclination to apply.
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