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Thread #68660 Message #1158118
Posted By: wysiwyg
09-Apr-04 - 04:14 PM
Thread Name: Its Good Friday
Subject: RE: Its Good Friday
From http://www.etymonline.com/g3etym.htm
Good Friday - c. 1290, from good in sense of "holy" (e.g. the good book "the Bible," 1896), also, esp. of holy days or seasons observed by the church (c.1420); it was also applied to Christmas and Shrove Tuesday.
In other words, Holy Friday, Sacred Friday. The Friday that is set apart from all others-- sacred, holy.