n. 25B6; noun
a ten-day holiday : VACATION, break, rest, recess; time off, time out, leave, furlough, sabbatical; trip, tour, journey, voyage; informal hols, vac; formal sojourn.
the twenty-fourth of May is a holiday : PUBLIC HOLIDAY, bank holiday, festival, feast day, fête, fiesta, celebration, anniversary, jubilee; saint's day, holy day. See list at festival .