day of mourning in English

noun

day of sorrow or grief (usually in commemoration of a person or persons who have died)

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1. The governor decreed a day of mourning.

2. Circassians commemorate May 21 every year as a day of mourning commemorating the Circassian genocide

3. The Azerbaijani government have declared a day of mourning * The Azeris are renowned for their sense of humour

4. She was a member of the Aborigines Progressive Association (APA), and was involved with various protest events such as the 1938 Day of Mourning.

5. Why else declare what is, after all, only a guesstimate on 31 October, a solemn day of mourning in the Christian calendar and of ghoulish Halloween partying in the Anglo-Saxon world? Sentencedict.com