january 1

Questions about january 1

What does january 1 mean?

january 1 means "(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for january 1?

Close synonyms include Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision, Solemnity of Mary, New Year's Day, New Year's. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is january 1 a common word?

january 1 is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.