A celebration of the annual harvest, especially (in Britain) one held in schools and as a service in Christian churches, to which gifts of food are brought for the poor.
an old dark church, full of leftovers from the harvest festival
Example sentencesExamples
- Foodstuffs taken to church for the harvest festival are generally given to charity.
- In traditional Ireland, Samhain was the harvest festival marking the end of one year and beginning of the next.
- And they are planning a harvest festival next Saturday, featuring a local produce auction, as part of the festivities.
- They have donated a basket of bread for our harvest festival for the past couple of years.
- At harvest festival, Grant's the bakers would provide a massive bread loaf in the shape of a sheaf of corn, propped up on the altar.