feast : Idioms & Phrases

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Feast day

  • noun a day designated for feasting
    fete day.
WordNet
  • a holiday; a day set as a solemn commemoative festival.
Webster 1913

feast of booths

  • noun a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness
    Feast of Booths; Sukkoth; Succos; Succoth; Tabernacles.
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feast of dedication

  • noun (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
    Channukah; Feast of Dedication; Channukkah; Chanukkah; Hanukkah; Feast of Lights; Hannukah; Chanukah; Festival of Lights; Hanukah.
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feast of dormition

  • noun celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August 15th
    Dormition.
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feast of lights

  • noun (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
    Channukah; Feast of Dedication; Channukkah; Chanukkah; Hanukkah; Feast of Lights; Hannukah; Chanukah; Festival of Lights; Hanukah.
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feast of sacrifice

  • noun the 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja; all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God's ransom of Abraham's son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity
    Id al-Adha.
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feast of tabernacles

  • noun a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness
    Feast of Booths; Sukkoth; Succos; Succoth; Tabernacles.
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feast of the circumcision

  • noun (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
    Circumcision; January 1.
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feast of the dedication

  • noun (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
    Channukah; Feast of Dedication; Channukkah; Chanukkah; Hanukkah; Feast of Lights; Hannukah; Chanukah; Festival of Lights; Hanukah.
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feast of the unleavened bread

  • noun (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
    Passover; Pesach; Pesah.
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feast of weeks

  • noun (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
    Shavuot; Shavuoth; Pentecost; Shabuoth; Shavous.
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feast one's eyes

  • verb look at with great enjoyment
    • She feasted her eyes on the Tuscan landscape
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Goose feast

  • Michaelmas. Colloq. Eng.
Webster 1913

Immovable feasts

  • (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc.
Webster 1913

Love feast

  • noun a social gathering intended to create goodwill among the participants
  • noun a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship
    agape.
WordNet
  • a religious festival, held quarterly by some religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists, in imitation of the agapæ of the early Christians.
Webster 1913

movable feast

  • noun a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years
    movable feast.
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moveable feast

  • noun a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years
    movable feast.
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smell-feast

Smell"-feast` noun
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  1. One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.
    The epicure and the smell-feast. South.
  2. A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands.
Webster 1913