thanksgiving

IPA: θæŋksgˈɪvɪŋ

An expression of gratitude.
A short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction.
A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour.
(Canada, US) Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
(Canada, US) The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend.
An analogous celebration in other cultures, especially a harvest festival.

Examples of "thanksgiving" in Sentences

My thanksgiving is probably going to look something like that.
BTW #2 did you know the story of the first thanksgiving is largely a myth? so are you going to get all political now?
Answered I, ‘Haply thou didst this in thanksgiving to Allah, for that He hath given thee the mastery over thine enemy.’
The Mass will be celebrated in thanksgiving for the recent priestly ordination of Fr. James DeViese of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.
I think the difference in perception of day of prayer vs thanksgiving is the result of the titles of the proclamations, disregarding the contents.
The adults offer one another toasts over the antipasto: in thanksgiving for health, for marriages, for new babies, for family, for all the blessings of our lives.
To all my non American Friends, thanksgiving is the American holiday for mass consumption & storage of food stuffs to get ready for the black friday madness. more mass consumption and storage!
He calls for the blessings of God on his work, his home and loved ones, and when he returns at the end of the day, he forms the sign again, in thanksgiving to be reunited once again with his family.