thanksgiving

You then serve the roll at Thanksgiving dinner. > My grandmother used to make parker house rolls. > Honey, why do the parker house rolls taste funny?

the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) n

n the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving) n reverent petition to a deity n earnest or urgent request n a fixed text used in praying n someone who prays to God

the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

-- so called from the first words "Te Deum laudamus." It forms part of the daily matins of the Roman Catholic breviary, and is sung on all occasions of thanksgiving