feast day
a day, especially a church holiday, for feasting and rejoicing.
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How to use feast day in a sentence
On October 4, the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, the contemporary Francis traveled to the birthplace of his namesake.
Pope Francis’s Injunction to Get Back to Basics May Help American Christianity | Joshua DuBois | October 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMy father had sent my brother and myself some money to use in trying to make Christmas a feast-day for the men.
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit RooseveltMama say rest at home, but he say this great feast-day for new God.
Mr. Bamboo and the Honorable Little God | Fannie C. MacaulayOn a feast-day of the Church these bells are ringing continuously, filling the air of the town with their joyous clangor.
Mexico | Susan HaleYou must know that each idol has a name of his own, and a feast-day, just as our saints have their anniversaries.
Some Heroes of Travel | W. H. Davenport Adams
In the ten years she had lived in New York, she had known no such feast-day.
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