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MOVEABLE FEAST

• MOVEABLE FEAST (noun)
The noun MOVEABLE FEAST has 1 sense:

1. a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years

Familiarity information: MOVEABLE FEAST used as a noun is very rare.

• MOVEABLE FEAST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

movable feast; moveable feast

Hypernyms ("moveable feast" is a kind of...):

feast day; fete day (a day designated for feasting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moveable feast"):

Easter (a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox)

Feast of the Unleavened Bread; Passover; Pesach; Pesah ((Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt)

"While there's life, there's hope."
(English proverb)
"You cannot catch a flea with gloves."
(Albanian proverb)
"Send a wise man and don't advise him."
(Arabic proverb)
"Necessity teaches the naked woman to spin (a yarn)."
(Danish proverb)

Useful links:
Meaning of Feast of the Unleavened Bread
Definition of Pesach
Pronunciation of Easter
Definition of Pesah
Pronunciation of fete day

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