red letter day
A day marked in red on calendars; a church feast day.
The only red-letter day occurring in July, is the twenty-fifth, called St James's Day.
letter
UK /ˈlɛtə/ US /ˈlɛtɚ/
noun 8verb 2
Definitions
noun
1
A symbol in an alphabet.
There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
And a superscription also was written ouer him in letters of Greeke, and Latin, & Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE IEWES.
2
A written or printed communication, usually defined as longer and more formal than a note. (Sometimes specifically one that is on paper.)
I wrote a letter to my sister about my life.
The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural.
3
The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit).
In obedience to humane laws, we muſt obſerve the letter of the Law, where we can without doing violence to the reaſon of the Law and the intention of the Law-giver: but where they croſſe each other, the charity of the Law is to be preferred before its diſcipline, and the reaſon of it before the letter.
I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.
4
Literature.
Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.
5
A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision.
verb
1
To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something.
2
To earn a varsity letter (award).
I think Mom lettered in shot put her junior year.
noun
1
One who lets, or lets out.
the letter of a room
a blood-letter
2
One who retards or hinders.
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