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feast day in American Englishfeast day in American Englishnouna day, esp. a church holiday, for feasting and rejoicing Word origin [1250–1300; ME ]This word is first recorded in the period 1250–1300. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: drift, face, force, lift, quarterExamples of 'feast day' in a sentencefeast day On the feast day, the mesa is open to anyone.Only a nation of childish adults would bankrupt itself on another country's feast day.Of her, little is known - not even her feast day.On one feast day in jail he was allowed meat.Never eat more than two courses at any meal unless it's a religious feast day.After a meandering start, he shapes these elements into a plot that gathers momentum as the long hot feast day wears on.The same companies also hosted lavish dinners with entertainments on each company's traditional feast day and for distinguished occasional guests.Even rugby's high feast days leave lots of us cold.On major feast days and saint's days, a communion service is held.I know we should celebrate plenty, relish feast days. |