Synonyms for festivals
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fes-tuh-vuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛs tə vəl |
Top 10 synonyms for festivals Other synonyms for the word festivals
Définition of festivals
Origin :- 1580s, from earlier adjective (14c.), from Old French festival "suitable for a feast, solemn, magnificent, joyful, happy," and directly from Medieval Latin festivalis "of a church holiday" (see festivity).
- noun celebration
- Festivals in honour of Zeus, because he delivered men from misfortunes and dangers.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- She talked of corn, how it was planted and harvested, with what rites and festivals.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- She did the things set aside for festivals, or the days when we have company.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Much wine is only to be drunk at the festivals of Dionysus, and certainly not on the occasion of a marriage.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- There shall also be festivals for women, to be distinguished from the men's festivals.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- So they did so, and at festivals also the old father had his own glass beside him.
- Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous
- The Progressists will never make a Revolution, for all their festivals and fanfaronades.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- Part of the joy of Sabbaths and Festivals was the change of prayer-diet.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- A reflex of the child's old joy in the Festivals glowed in his soul.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- The festivals of Carthage were said to be similar to those of Eleusis.
- Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
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