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Synonyms for festival


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fes-tuh-vuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛs tə vəl

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Définition of festival

Origin :
  • 1580s, from earlier adjective (14c.), from Old French festival "suitable for a feast, solemn, magnificent, joyful, happy," and directly from Medieval Latin festivalis "of a church holiday" (see festivity).
  • noun celebration
Example sentences :
  • This festival, in honour of Dionysus, was observed with great splendour.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • This was a common practice during the festival of Thargelia, in honour of Phœbus.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Only these four had kept New England's festival beneath that roof.
  • Extract from : « John Inglefield's Thanksgiving » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • They wish to celebrate the patriarch's birthday by a festival.
  • Extract from : « P.'s Correspondence (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Naturally a great deal was told me concerning this festival from which they had just returned.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • The fifth of August is the festival of our Lady of the Snow.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • It is not fitting for Christians to hold a festival in honor of a heathen god.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • She would stay undisturbed in her seclusion, keeping her festival alone.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • The Seventh Day of the seventh month is the festival of their reunion.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • The festival came to an end, and all the dancers returned home.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
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