Definition of festival

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Festival (a.) Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.

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Fete :: Fete (n.) A festival.
Octave :: Octave (n.) The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival..
Fete :: Fete (v. t.) To feast; to honor with a festival.
Pentecost :: Pentecost (n.) A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt..
Sequence :: Sequence (n.) A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name..
Ferial :: Ferial (a.) Belonging to any week day, esp. to a day that is neither a festival nor a fast..
Theorica :: Theorica (n. pl.) Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund..
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..
Holiday :: Holiday (a.) Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay.
Ale :: Ale (n.) A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk..
Feast :: Feast (n.) A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary..
Cerealia :: Cerealia (n. pl.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres.
Undecennial :: Undecennial (a.) Occurring or observed every eleventh year; belonging to, or continuing, a period of eleven years; undecennary; as, an undecennial festival..
Fair :: Fair (n.) A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object; as, a Grand Army fair..
Anthology :: Anthology (n.) A service book containing a selection of pieces for the festival services.
Saturnalia :: Saturnalia (n. pl.) The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves..
Twelfth-night :: Twelfth-night (n.) The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches..
Gaud :: Gaud (n.) To sport or keep festival.
Holyday :: Holyday (n.) A secular festival; a holiday.
Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (a.) Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
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