Mother's Day

Meaning

Noun

• A day in honor of one's mother on the second Sunday in May in the United States and Canada.
• Synonym of Mothering Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent, a moveable feast three weeks before Easter, used as a day in honor of mothers in some Commonwealth countries.
• Other similar holidays honoring mothers or one's mother in various countries.

Origin

• From Anna Jarvis's campaign in the early 20th century, which insisted on using a singular spelling in order to associate the day with observants' particular mothers.