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The term, borrowed from German, and literally meaning "celebration writing" (cognate with feast-script), might be translated as "celebration publication" or "celebratory (piece of) writing". An alternative Latin term is liber amicorum (literally: "book of friends").
(They wrote the last section S–Z before the Oxford English Dictionary had reached that stage.) 2nd Edition (1929): The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English H. W. Fowler alone (his brother had died in 1918, although his name is still on the title page). 3rd Edition: (1934) was revised by H. W. Fowler and H. G. Le Mesurier.
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It has roots in Christianity, since Abraham LIncoln declared the day of celebration and thanks to God for his blessings 1863. Other countries and religions celebrate times of thankfulness in other ...