Feast of Fools

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noun

(especially in France) a mock-religious celebration in the Middle Ages, held on or about January 1.

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Also called Festival of Fools.

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It was known as the feast of Akitu, and it was celebrated in April.
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The mythic origin of the feast was the creation of the world by the god Marduk.
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Given the somewhat macabre origins of the feast, many of the celebrations were designed to placate the gods.
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The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
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We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.
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The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
In both cases the decision was made at a feast, and in favour of the one who “loved much.”
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They were just about to celebrate tabagie, or a solemn feast, over his last farewell.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
In the spring of 1880 she went again to Paris, only to "feast on things artistic."
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Death comes in, the bread at the feast turns black, the hound falls down—and so on.
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