festival

Definition of festival

Nouns

a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration
Types:
church festival, religious festival
a festival having religious significance
Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, Succos, Succoth, Sukkoth, Tabernacles
a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness
octave
a feast day and the seven days following it
Type of:
period, period of time, time period
an amount of time
an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)
"a drama festival"
Synonyms:
fete
Types:
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carnival
a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras
a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans
Bacchanalia, Dionysia
an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
eisteddfod
any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing)
Royal National Eisteddfod
an eisteddfod with competitions in music and drama and poetry and the fine arts
film festival
a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year)
jazz festival
a festival that features performances by jazz artists
Kwanza, Kwanzaa
a festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Year
Oktoberfest
an autumn festival that involves merrymaking and drinking beer
Saturnalia
an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn
sheepshearing
a festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared
Type of:
celebration, festivity
any joyous diversion

Vocabulary Lists for festival

  • Saint Patrick
  • St. Patrick
  • public holiday
  • parade
  • Republic of Ireland

  • Frisian
  • cultural
  • subsidise
  • ethnic minority
  • immigrant

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