FEAST
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Feast (f&ē;st), n. [OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. f&ê;te, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. Fair, n., Festal, F&ê;te.] 1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
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The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
Ex. xiii. 6.
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Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
Luke ii. 41.
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&hand_; An Ecclesiastical feast is called a immovable feast when it always occurs on the same day of the year; otherwise it is called a movable feast. Easter is a notable movable feast.
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2. A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety and abundance of food.
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Enough is as good as a feast.
Old Proverb.
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Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his lords.
Dan. v. 1.
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3. That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment.
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The feast of reason, and the flow of soul.
Pope.
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Feast day, a holiday; a day set as a solemn commemorative festival.
Syn. -- Entertainment; regale; banquet; treat; carousal; festivity; festival. -- Feast, Banquet, Festival, Carousal. A feast sets before us viands superior in quantity, variety, and abundance; a banquet is a luxurious feast; a festival is the joyful celebration by good cheer of some agreeable event. Carousal is unrestrained indulgence in frolic and drink.
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Feast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Feasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Feasting.] [OE. festen, cf. OF. fester to rest from work, F. f&ê;ter to celebrate a holiday. See Feast, n.] 1. To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.
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And his sons went and feasted in their houses.
Job. i. 4.
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2. To be highly gratified or delighted.
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With my love's picture then my eye doth feast.
Shak.
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Feast, v. t. 1. To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king. Hayward.
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2. To delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul.
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Feast your ears with the music a while.
Shak.
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