movable feast
noun
a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.
Origin of movable feast
1Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325
Words Nearby movable feast
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How to use movable feast in a sentence
Then it was decided to make the library association a movable feast.
Luncheon in this pirate's craft was evidently a movable feast, to-day indefinitely postponed.
Some Persons Unknown | E. W. HornungEaster Sunday is what is called a movable feast; it is not held each year upon the same day of the month.
Holidays & Happy-Days | Hamish HendryThey were all seated at the table already—supper is not a movable feast in that well-regulated establishment—save Aunt Elizabeth.
The Whole Family | William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary HeatonDinner was a family meal, but supper seems to have been a movable feast.
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) | Florence A. Thomas Marshall
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