feast

Definition

A holiday, festival, especially a religious one

Etymology

From Middle English feeste, feste, borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of Latin festum (“holiday, festival, feast”), from Proto-Italic *fēs-tos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”); see also Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god, goddess”). More at theo-. Doublet of fete, fiesta, and fest. Displaced Old English winhate.

Example Sentences

• "The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord."
• "Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover."
• "We had a feast to celebrate the harvest."