Feast

fēst, n. a day of unusual solemnity or joy: a festival in commemoration of some event— movable , such as occurs on a specific day of the week succeeding a certain day of the month, as Easter ; immovable , at a fixed date, as Christmas: a rich and abundant repast: rich enjoyment for the mind or heart.— v.i. to hold a feast: to eat sumptuously: to receive intense delight.— v.t. to entertain sumptuously.— ns. Feast′-day ; Feast′er .— adj. Feast′ful , festive, joyful, luxurious.— ns. Feast′ing ; Feast′-rite , a rite or custom observed at feasts.— adj. Feast′-won ( Shak. ), won or bribed by feasting.— Feast of fools , Feast of a es , medieval festivals, held between Christmas and Epiphany, in which a burlesque bishop was enthroned in church, and a burlesque ma said by his orders, and an a driven round in triumph.— Double feast ( eccles. ), one on which the antiphon is doubled. [O. Fr. feste (Fr. fête )—L. festum , a holiday, fest us , solemn, festal.]