movable feast

noun

1. a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.

Word History and Origins

Origin of movable feast¹

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325

Example Sentences

Then it was decided to make the library association a movable feast.

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Luncheon in this pirate's craft was evidently a movable feast, to-day indefinitely postponed.

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Easter Sunday is what is called a movable feast; it is not held each year upon the same day of the month.

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They were all seated at the table already—supper is not a movable feast in that well-regulated establishment—save Aunt Elizabeth.

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Dinner was a family meal, but supper seems to have been a movable feast.

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