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Definition of Movable feast
1. Noun. A religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years.
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
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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