feast day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of feast day
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300
Example Sentences
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The original Saint Valentine, a third-century Roman martyr, was honored in the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar until 1969, Ochoa said, when the church gave the Feb. 14 feast day instead to Sts.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
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
The 6 January 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. 5, 2024
It could hardly be gathered and used to bake bread down to the said feast day unless it was first put in vessels to dry.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
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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