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Synonyms for festal

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fes-tl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛs tl

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Définition of festal

Origin : late 15c., from Middle French festal, from Late Latin festalis, from Latin festum "feast" (see feast (n.)).

As in jovial : adj happy
As in convivial : adj fun-loving
As in festive : adj decorated, celebratory
As in gala : adj celebratory

Example sentences :

It might well be built, like a festal bower or arch, to entertain him a single day.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

He was too inspired with festal intoxication to observe her agitation.
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

It looked deserted, in fact, festal and overlighted, but cheerful.
Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad

Who ever heard of the festal oxen being tied to a cart's tail?
Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai

All festal occasions in Circassian life are enlivened by the presence of the minstrel.
Extract from : « Life of Schamyl » by John Milton Mackie

Comedies and moresche were in great favor on festal occasions.
Extract from : « Lucretia Borgia » by Ferdinand Gregorovius

The festal tea had begun, and Mrs. Thornburgh was presiding.
Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Moreover it is a time of joy, which brings all before us at first in a festal mood.
Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider

But Ulysses is made to shoot on the festal day of the sungod.
Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider

T is an enchantment to pilot grief to new and festal worlds!
Extract from : « Semiramis and Other Plays » by Olive Tilford Dargan

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