feast day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of feast day
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300
Example Sentences
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“You have large-scale gatherings of people for harvest days and feast days,” says Samuel Backer, assistant professor of history at the University of Maine.
Although it is not a holiday in Northern Ireland, more and more events take place each year to mark her feast day.
From BBC
Tomorrow, it will be the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and She couldn’t come soon enough.
From Los Angeles Times
The Christian feast day of Epiphany, when observers celebrate the visit to Jesus by the Magi - commonly known as the Three Kings, or Wise Men - is widely celebrated in Spain.
From BBC
Religious leaders expected feast days to align with certain seasons and lunar phases.
From National Geographic
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