festschrift

Definition

A collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Festschrift, from Fest (“celebration; festival”) + Schrift (“writing (work of an author)”).

Example Sentences

• "Great preparations are being made and no effort spared to render the meeting a success. [...] The City of Berlin will present a Festschrift."
• "So many people of so many different kinds have been influenced by [Burrhus Frederic] Skinner's work and writings; who should be invited to contribute to a Festschrift volume?"
• "At the present time a scholar of religion who lectures, reads papers and publishes will inevitably find his various products dispersed over a number of periodicals, Festschriften and other volumes, mostly published in different countries and often in different languages."

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