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a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary. The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. Ex. xiii. 6. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. Luke ii. 41.

One who fares deliciously.

Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious. "Feastful days." Milton. -- Feast"ful*ly, adv.

See Bullfight. [Obs.]

To exceed in feasting.

is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger. The epicure and the smell-feast. South.

(Eccl.), the first Sunday in the season of Advent, being always the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. Andrew (Now. 30). Shipley.

The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.

The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival.

The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead.

The feast of All Saints.

Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast. Anniversary day (R. C. Ch.). See Anniversary, n., 2. -- Anniversary week, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]

Anticipating, or containing anticipation. "Anticipative of the feast to come." Cary. -- An*tic"i*pa*tive*ly, adv.

A funeral feast. [North of Eng.] Grose.

qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy. "Asinine nature." B. Jonson. "Asinine feast." Milton.

A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.

A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.

One who banquets; one who feasts or makes feasts.

A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.

Unreal; illusory. "A sort of Barmecidal feast." Hood.