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Festival

Festival Meaning & Definition
Festival Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Festival?

[n] an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival"
[n] a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

Synonyms | Synonyms for Festival: fete

Related Terms | Find terms related to Festival: anniversary | banquet | birthday | blowout | carnival | celebration | commemoration | do | entertainment | fair | feast | festive occasion | festivity | fete | field day | fiesta | gala | gala affair | gala day | great doings | high jinks | holiday | holy day | jamboree | kermis | Mardi Gras | party | picnic | red-letter day | Saturnalia | waygoose | wayzgoose

See Also | Bacchanalia | carnival | celebration | church festival | Dionysia | eisteddfod | festivity | film festival | jazz festival | Kwanza | Kwanzaa | period | period of time | religious festival | Saturnalia | sheepshearing | time period

Festival In Webster's Dictionary

\Fes"ti*val\, a. [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See {Festive}.] Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful. I cannot woo in festival terms. --Shak.

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