Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An occasion for feasting or celebration, especially a day or time of religious significance that recurs at regular intervals.
- noun An often regularly recurring program of cultural performances, exhibitions, or competitions.
- noun Revelry; conviviality.
- adjective Of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival; festive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or befitting a feast; attending or marking a joyous celebration; joyous; festal: as, a festival entertainment.
- noun A festal day; a feast; a time of feasting; an anniversary or appointed day of festive celebration.
- noun Synonyms Banquet, etc. See
feast .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to a
feast or feast-day. (Now only as the noun used attributively.) - noun An
event orcommunity gathering , usually staged by alocal community, which centers on sometheme , sometimes on someunique aspect of the community. - noun In
mythology , a set ofcelebrations in thehonour of agod .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)
- noun a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If we assign three weeks to each festival -- including the time spent on the journey going and returning, and the delays before and after the celebration, together with the _festival week_; it will be a small allowance for the cessation of their regular labor.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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If we assign three weeks to each festival -- including the time spent on the journeys, and the delays before and after the celebration, together with the _festival week_, it will be a small allowance for the cessation of their regular labor.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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If we assign three weeks to each festival -- including the time spent on the journeys, and the delays before and after the celebration, together with the _festival week_, it will be a small allowance for the cessation of their regular labor.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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If we assign three weeks to each festival -- including the time spent on the journeys, and the delays before and after the celebration, together with the _festival week_, it will be a small allowance for the cessation of their regular labor.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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If we assign three weeks to each festival -- including the time spent on the journey going and returning, and the delays before and after the celebration, together with the _festival week_; it will be a small allowance for the cessation of their regular labor.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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If we assign three weeks to each festival -- including the time spent on the journeys, and the delays before and after the celebration, together with the _festival week_, it will be a small allowance for the cessation of their regular labor.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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One of the highlights of the festival is a dinner with a deadly difference.
Harrogate festival programme is out Maxine 2009
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One of the highlights of the festival is a dinner with a deadly difference.
May 2009 Maxine 2009
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One of the highlights of the festival is a dinner with a deadly difference.
Harrogate festival programme is out Maxine 2009
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One of the highlights of the festival is a dinner with a deadly difference.
PETRONA Maxine 2009
winddancer commented on the word festival
A lot of festivals take place during summer.
July 16, 2009