01 a. Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.
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Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.“Give us this day our daily bread.” — Matt. vi. 11.“Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands.” — Macaulay.“Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heaven on all his ways.” — Milton.“Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible diurnal sphere.” — Milton.
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Daily, Diurnal.
Daily is Anglo-Saxon, and diurnal is Latin. The former is used in reference to the ordinary concerns of life; as, daily wants, daily cares, daily employments. The latter is appropriated chiefly by astronomers to what belongs to the astronomical day; as, the diurnal revolution of the earth.