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n.
An ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth-night.
n.
The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches.
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A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
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Festival games celebrated once in three years.
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A festival in honor of the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist, celebrated on the second of July.
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A festival of singers; a German singing festival.
superl.
Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.
a.
Occurring or observed every eleventh year; belonging to, or continuing, a period of eleven years; undecennary; as, an undecennial festival.
n.
A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church.
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Public moneys expended at Athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund.
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Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.
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A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc.
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The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments.
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A festival procession.
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The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.
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A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc., a working day.
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A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies and one satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at the Dionysiac festival.
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A festival celebrated annually by the Romans on February 23 in honor of Terminus, the god of boundaries.
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The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.
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An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess.
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