Feast of Fools

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

“The marketing was all the happy stuff and ‘Come to the Feast of Fools; it’s a party!’ with talking gargoyles, confetti and pies in the face.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2021

So, 25 years after the Second Summer of Love, Feast of Fools are hosting an anniversary whistle-fest featuring the likes of Justin Robertson, Terry Francis and Sugarlump Sound System.

From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2013

In The Feast of Fools, Harvey Cox presents Christ as clown and Christianity as comedy, because the world "should not be taken with ultimate or final seriousness."

From Time Magazine Archive

The following one existed even to the Reformation:— In the church of Paris, and in several other cathedrals of the kingdom, was held the Feast of Fools or madmen.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

Various efforts were made during the middle ages to abolish the Feast of Fools.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various