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Bacchanalian :: Bacchanalian (a.) Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.

Rush-bearing :: Rush-bearing (n.) A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church..

Feast :: Feast (n.) A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary..

Saengerfest :: Saengerfest (n.) A festival of singers; a German singing festival.

Feast :: Feast (n.) To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals..

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a meeting, a festival, a session, etc.; hence, to direct and bring about officially; to conduct or preside at; as, the general held a council of war; a judge holds a court; a clergyman holds a service..

Carnival :: Carnival (n.) A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday..

Fete :: Fete (n.) A festival.

Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (n.) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.

Movable :: Movable (a.) Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year..

Amphidromical :: Amphidromical (a.) Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.

Annunciator :: Annunciator (n.) One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated..

Assumption :: Assumption (n.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

Gaud :: Gaud (n.) To sport or keep festival.

Wassail :: Wassail (n.) The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.; -- called also lamb's wool..

Tawdry :: Tawdry (superl.) Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.

Epiphany :: Epiphany (n.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide..

Gaudy :: Gaudy (n.) A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day.

Estival :: Estival (n.) Alt. of Estivatio.

Cerealia :: Cerealia (n. pl.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres.

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