Saturday
Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. Its name is unique among the names of days, in that it is derived from the Roman god Saturn, while the other six names are derived from Saxon gods.
By tradition derived from ancient Jews, Saturday is the last day of the week. That convention remains universally standard in the United States, but in modern Europe many people now consider Saturday the sixth (penultimate) day of the week, and Sunday the last. The modern European convention has been formalized by ISO 8601.
In the popular rhyme, "Saturday's Child works hard for a living".
In ancient Jewish tradition Saturday is the sabbath. Many languages lack separate words for "Saturday" and "sabbath". Eastern Orthodox churches distinguish between the sabbath (Saturday) and the Lord's day (Sunday). Roman Catholics put so little emphasis on that distinction that many among them follow -- at least in colloquial language -- the Protestant practice of calling Sunday the sabbath.
See also:
Referenced By
10 commandments | 2002 State of the Union Address | Abe Lincoln | Abraham Lincoln | Arena Football League | Arena football | Baby Bush | Billboard Hot 100 | BritneySpears | Britney Spears | Brittany Spears | Brittney Spears | Bush 43 | Bush Junior | Bush administration | Buy Nothing Day | Calendar math | Cap'n Crunch | Charlie Brown | Common year starting on Monday | Common year starting on Tuesday | Common year starting on Wednesday | Ctrl Alt Del (webcomic) | Decalogue | Dubya | Environmentalism (Critique of George W. Bush's politics) | Environmentalism and George Bush | First Commandment | Friday | G. W. Bush | G. W. Bush administration | GW Bush | GeorgeWBush | George Bush, Jr. | George Bush Jr | George Bush Jr. | George Dubya | George W | George W. Bush | George W. Bush (Environmentalism) | George W. Bush administration | George W Bush | George Walker Bush | George Washington | George Washington/First Inaugural Address | George Washington/Second Inaugural Address | Gerorge W. Bush | Gogmagog | Hockey Night In Canada | Holiday | Holidays | Honest Abe | Hot 100 | International Buy Nothing Day | Jabberwock | Jabberwocky | January 2001 | Jason Allen Alexander | Kristen Nygaard | Ladenschlussgesetz | Ladenschlußgesetz | Leap year starting on Saturday | Leap year starting on Thursday | Legal holiday | Legalism (theology) | Leicester Square | Lotto South | March 2001 | Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? | Michael Feldmans WhadYa Know? | Michael Hegstrand | Monday | National Rugby League | New River Gorge Bridge | Newspaper | Newspapers | November | Peanuts | Peanuts (comic strip) | President George W. Bush's anger and resolve | Public holiday | RadioTimes | Radio Times | Road Warrior Hawk | SabBath | Sabbatai Tzvi | Sabbatai Zevi | Seventh Day Baptist | Seventh Day Baptists | Shabbat | Shabbatai Zevi | Shabbatai Zvi | Shabbos | Shrubya | Snoopy | Sunday | Sydney Morning Herald | Ten Commandments | Teton Dam | Thai solar calendar ...
|
