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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Birthday \Birth"day`\ (b[~e]rth"d[=a]`), n. 1. The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement. Those barbarous ages past, succeeded next The birthday of invention. --Cowper. 2. The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth. This is my birthday; as this very day Was Cassius born. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Birthday \Birth"day`\, a. Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as birthday gifts or festivities. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: birthday n 1: an anniversary of the day on which a person was born 2: the date on which a person was born [syn: {natal day}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Birth-day The observance of birth-days was common in early times (Job 1:4, 13, 18). They were specially celebrated in the land of Egypt (Gen. 40:20). There is no recorded instance in Scripture of the celebration of birth-days among the Jews. On the occasion of Herod's birth-day John the Baptist was beheaded (Matt. 14:6).
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