movable feast
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of movable feast
Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325
Example Sentences
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The memories of Linda McCartney, Wings’ mainstay Denny Laine, and former lead guitarist Jimmy McCulloch—all of whom are now deceased—are well-represented here, as is the movable feast of musicians who filled out Wings’ ranks.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025
But then within some of the interstitial stuff and the scenes and the comedy and the physicality and the movement, yeah, it’s a movable feast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
In a lockdown year, with travel reduced, there was no movable feast quite like an art book.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
“Palm Sunday is kind of this Christian movable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2021
Ascension Day, the day on which the ascension of the Saviour is commemorated, often called Holy Thursday: a movable feast, always falling on the Thursday but one before Whitsuntide.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
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