feast day

/ˌfist ˈdeɪ/

/fist deɪ/

Other forms: feast days

Definitions of feast day

1. noun

   a day designated for feasting
   synonyms: fete day

   types:

   Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashona, Rosh Hashonah

   (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar

   movable feast, moveable feast

   a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years

   Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision, January 1

   (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st

   Christmas, Christmas Day, Dec 25, Xmas

   a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

   Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day

   fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag

   Id al-Fitr

   a Muslim day of feasting at the end of Ramadan

   Feast of Sacrifice, Id al-Adha

   the 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja; all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God's ransom of Abraham's son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity

   Easter

   a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox

   Feast of the Unleavened Bread, Passover, Pesach, Pesah

   (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

   type of:

   holiday

   a day on which work is suspended by law or custom