feast day

noun

1. a day, especially a church holiday, for feasting and rejoicing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of feast day¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Example Sentences

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.

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Religious leaders expected feast days to align with certain seasons and lunar phases.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Related Words

• ceremony 
• commemoration 
• festival 
• holiday 
• jubilee