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Difference between Name the day and Name-day

name the dayfix the date for a wedding:

  • Then he made hot love to her, and pressed her hard to name the day.

name-day—(in Catholic or Orthodox tradition) the feast day of the saint after whom one is named at baptism:

  • There is no St. Jennifer, so I celebrate my name day on the Feast of St. Genevieve.