'immovable feast' definitions:
Definition of 'immovable feast'
From: GCIDE
- Feast \Feast\ (f[=e]st), n. [OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. f[^e]te, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. Fair, n., Festal, F[^e]te.]
- 1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary. [1913 Webster]
- The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. --Ex. xiii. 6. [1913 Webster]
- Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. --Luke ii. 41. [1913 Webster]
- Note: An Ecclesiastical feast is called a immovable feast when it always occurs on the same day of the year; otherwise it is called a movable feast. Easter is a notable movable feast. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety and abundance of food. [1913 Webster]
- Enough is as good as a feast. --Old Proverb. [1913 Webster]
- Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his lords. --Dan. v. 1. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment. [1913 Webster]
- The feast of reason, and the flow of soul. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Feast day, a holiday; a day set as a solemn commemorative festival.
- Syn: Entertainment; regale; banquet; treat; carousal; festivity; festival.
- Usage: Feast, Banquet, Festival, Carousal. A feast sets before us viands superior in quantity, variety, and abundance; a banquet is a luxurious feast; a festival is the joyful celebration by good cheer of some agreeable event. Carousal is unrestrained indulgence in frolic and drink. [1913 Webster]