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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A law designed to prohibit or limit the transaction of commercial business or the holding of recreational activities on Sundays.
  • noun One of a body of laws in colonial New England designed to enforce certain moral standards and particularly to prohibit specified forms of entertainment or recreation on Sundays.

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  • noun law A law that is intended to enforce moral standards.

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  • noun a statute regulating work on Sundays

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