'Fast day' definitions:
Definition of 'fast day'
(from WordNet)
noun
A day designated for fasting
Definition of 'Fast day'
From: GCIDE
- Fast \Fast\, n. [OE. faste, fast; cf. AS. f[ae]sten, OHG. fasta, G. faste. See Fast, v. i.]
- 1. Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment. [1913 Webster]
- Surfeit is the father of much fast. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast. [1913 Webster]
- Fast day, a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God.
- To break one's fast, to put an end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's morning meal; to breakfast. --Shak. [1913 Webster]