Synonyms for festival
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fes-tuh-vuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛs tə vəl |
Top 10 synonyms for festival Other synonyms for the word festival
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
- 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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