noun
a day designated for feasting
• Syn: ↑feast day
• Hypernyms: ↑holiday
• Hyponyms:
↑Rosh Hashanah, ↑Rosh Hashana, ↑Rosh Hashonah, ↑Rosh Hashona, ↑Jewish New Year, ↑movable feast, ↑moveable feast, ↑Circumcision, ↑Feast of the Circumcision, ↑January 1, ↑Christmas, ↑Christmas Day, ↑Xmas, ↑Dec 25, ↑Thanksgiving, ↑Thanksgiving Day, ↑Id al-Fitr, ↑Id al-Adha, ↑Feast of Sacrifice
• Part Holonyms: ↑religious festival, ↑church festival
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a festival day.
[1810-20]
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fete day or fête day,
1. = name day. (Cf. ↑name day)
2. = birthday. (Cf. ↑birthday)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.