Phrase guide

feast day

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A religious festival for a particular saint or religious event.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: lifestyle, religion

Examples

  • 17th March is St Patrick's feast day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a day designated for feasting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fete day

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: holiday

Narrower terms: Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashana, Rosh Hashonah, Rosh Hashona, Jewish New Year, movable feast, moveable feast, Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision, January 1, Christmas, Christmas Day, Xmas, Dec 25, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, Id al-Fitr, Id al-Adha, Feast of Sacrifice

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cebuano: pista — religious festival
  • French: fête votive — religious festival
  • Galician: día festivo — religious festival
  • German: Festtag — religious festival
  • German: Feiertag — religious festival
  • Greek: γιορτή (giortí) — religious festival
  • Irish: lá féile — religious festival
  • Irish: féile — religious festival
  • Macedonian: пра́зник (práznik) — religious festival
  • Polish: dzień świąteczny — religious festival
  • Polish: święto — religious festival
  • Russian: пра́здничный день (prázdničnyj denʹ) — religious festival
  • Southern Altai: байрамду кӱн (bayramdu kün) — religious festival
  • Tagalog: pista — religious festival
  • Ottoman Turkish: بیرام (bayram) — religious festival
  • Ottoman Turkish: عید (ʿid) — religious festival
  • Ukrainian: празник (praznyk) — religious festival
  • Ukrainian: свято (svjato) — religious festival
  • Ukrainian: святковий день (svjatkovyj denʹ) — religious festival