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festival-day
[f. festival a. or n. + day.]
The day on which a festival is held or kept.
1389in Eng. Gilds (1870) 45 On candelle..brennend euery festiuale dai thorow-out þe yere. 1489Caxton Faytes of A. iv. xiv. 270 The festyual dayes be ordeyned for to serue god onely. 1582N. T. (Rhem.) John vii. 2 The festival day of the Iewes, Scenopégia, was at hand. 1623Cockeram, Vigill, the eue or day before a festiuall day. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. xxxiv. (1890) 431 ‘If the biler of this vessel was toe bust, sir..this would be a festival day in the calendar of despotism.’ |