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单词 festival of the dead
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festival of the dead
P1. festival of the dead: any of various festivals in different religions and cultures commemorating deceased family or community members. Cf. Day of the Dead n. at day n. Phrases 6a(d). [Originally after French fête des morts (1738 in the passage translated in quot. 1740, here denoting the ancient Roman feast called Fērālia in classical Latin).]
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1740 tr. A. Banier Mythol. & Fables Ancients IV. Index sig. Kk7v Feralia, a Festival of the Dead [Fr. fête des morts], instituted by Eneas.
1776 N. B. Halhed tr. Code Gentoo Laws Preface 57 Neemtuk-kerm is the Performance of certain religious Acts, and of the Dàn, and of the Seràdeb (or Festivals of the Dead), and such other works.
1899 L. Hearn In Ghostly Japan vi. 79 The time of the Bon,—the great Festival of the Dead,—which begins upon the thirteenth day of the seventh month.
1985 P. L. Cuyler Sumo 25 In more recent folk traditions, the date, which coincided with the first quarter of the new moon, was set aside for the cleaning of the graves in preparation for the festival of the dead.
2002 B. Bates Real Middle Earth (2003) x. 124 The Celts' Samhain festival..was the great festival to mark the beginning of winter. It was also a festival of the dead.
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