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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Paas :: Paas (n.) The Easter festival.
Gaud :: Gaud (n.) To sport or keep festival.
Pentecost :: Pentecost (n.) A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday.
Tawdry :: Tawdry (superl.) Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.
Carousal :: Carousal (n.) A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse.
Fete :: Fete (n.) A festival.
Fair :: Fair (n.) A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object; as, a Grand Army fair..
Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (n.) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
Undecennial :: Undecennial (a.) Occurring or observed every eleventh year; belonging to, or continuing, a period of eleven years; undecennary; as, an undecennial festival..
Bairam :: Bairam (n.) The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast..
Riding :: Riding (n.) A festival procession.
Saengerfest :: Saengerfest (n.) A festival of singers; a German singing festival.
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.
Fasti :: Fasti (n.pl.) The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac..
Gaudy :: Gaudy (n.) A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day.
Twelfth-night :: Twelfth-night (n.) The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches..
Whitsunday :: Whitsunday (n.) The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments..
Wake :: Wake (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess..
Solemn :: Solemn (a.) Pertaining to a festival; festive; festal.
Sabbath :: Sabbath (n.) The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival..
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