feast day

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [feest dey]
- /fist deɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [feest dey]
- /fist deɪ/

Definitions of feast day words

noun feast day a day, especially a church holiday, for feasting and rejoicing. 1
noun feast day date of religious celebration 1
noun feast day feast (sense 1) 0
noun feast day name day 0

See all 4 definitions of feast day

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Origin of feast day

First appearance:

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Feast day

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Feast day

feast day popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

feast day usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for feast day

noun feast day

ceremony — A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
holiday — Billie ("Lady Day") 1915–59, U.S. jazz singer.
commemoration — the act or an instance of commemorating
festival — a day or time of religious or other celebration, marked by feasting, ceremonies, or other observances: the festival of Christmas; a Roman festival.
recurrence — an act or instance of recurring.

All 7 Synonyms of feast day