WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
January 1 n 1: (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st [syn: Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision, January 1] 2: (Roman Catholic Church) a holy day of obligation [syn: Solemnity of Mary, January 1] 3: the first day of the year [syn: New Year's Day, New Year's, January 1]