feast day
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of feast day
Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300
Example Sentences
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Although it is not a holiday in Northern Ireland, more and more events take place each year to mark her feast day.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Tomorrow, it will be the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and She couldn’t come soon enough.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
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
He joined Boeing on Sept. 23, 2005, delighting his Irish Catholic mother, for that was the feast day of Padre Pio, the saint for whom she named her son.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2023
Sunday afternoon, December 27 Today is the feast day of San Juan Evangelista, a good day for fortunes.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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