Definition of Movable feast

1. Noun. A religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years.

Exact synonyms: Moveable Feast
Generic synonyms: Feast Day, Fete Day
Specialized synonyms: Easter, Feast Of The Unleavened Bread, Passover, Pesach, Pesah

Definition of Movable feast

1. Noun. a day of note, frequently Christian, the date of which moves from year to year according to a set of rules. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Movable Feast

mouthwateringly
mouthy
mouton
mouton enragé
moutonnee
moutons
moutons enragés
mouzhik
mouzhiks
mov'd
movabilities
movability
movable
movable barrier
movable bridge
movable feast (current term)
movable heart
movable joint
movable kidney
movable pulse
movableness
movablenesses
movables
movably
moval
movals
movant
movants
move

Literary usage of Movable feast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"A movable feast of the Jews, commemorating their deliverance from the wiles and stratagems of llaman, as recorded in the Book of Esther (ix. ..."

2. A History of the English Poor Law: In Connection with the State of the by George Nicholls, Thomas Mackay (1898)
"lated by the movable feast of Easter, as is directed Election of by 43 Elizabeth; and 54 George III. cap. 91, there- . ^OIG directs that such appointments ..."

3. The Mexican Mind: A Study of National Psychology by Wallace Thompson (1922)
"... April—Holy Thursday (a movable feast) March or April—Good Friday (a movable feast) May 5—Victory of Puebla May or June—Corpus Christi (a movable feast) ..."

4. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"A movable feast of the Jews, commemorating their deliverance from the wiles and stratagems of llaman, as recorded in the Book of Esther (ix. ..."

5. A History of the English Poor Law: In Connection with the State of the by George Nicholls, Thomas Mackay (1898)
"lated by the movable feast of Easter, as is directed Election of by 43 Elizabeth; and 54 George III. cap. 91, there- . ^OIG directs that such appointments ..."

6. The Mexican Mind: A Study of National Psychology by Wallace Thompson (1922)
"... April—Holy Thursday (a movable feast) March or April—Good Friday (a movable feast) May 5—Victory of Puebla May or June—Corpus Christi (a movable feast) ..."

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