feast day
Americannoun
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feast days
plural
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Etymology
Origin of feast day
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300
Example Sentences
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It was a feast day and everyone was celebrating, but M's daughter stayed in her room crying.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
He even shouted out Our Lady of Guadalupe’s feast day, commending the “steadfast devotion to Mary that originated in the heart of Mexico.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
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 ● Jan. 8, 2025
Every 11th of November, on the feast day of its patron saint, San Martín erupts in a wild spectacle that has occurred almost uninterrupted since 1735.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
It had been a feast day, his first feast day, and a celebration of being alive and the new way he had of getting food.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
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