feast day

feast day
noun
a day designated for feasting
• Syn: ↑fete day
• Hypernyms: ↑holiday
• Hyponyms:
• Part Holonyms: ↑religious festival, ↑church festival

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noun
Etymology: Middle English feste day, from feste festival + day
: a day set as a commemorative festival; especially : a periodic religious festival

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a day, esp. a church holiday, for feasting and rejoicing.
[1250-1300; ME]

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feast day,
1. a day set aside for a celebration or festivity.
2. a religious festival: »

Muslim feast days.

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n. a day on which a celebration, esp. an annual Christian one, is held

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ˈfeast day 7 [feast day feast days] noun (religion)
a day on which a Christian festival is held each year

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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