n. [ OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. fête, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. Fair, n., Festal, Fête. ]
The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. Ex. xiii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. Luke ii. 41. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ An Ecclesiastical
Enough is as good as a feast. Old Proverb. [ 1913 Webster ]
Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his lords. Dan. v. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
The feast of reason, and the flow of soul. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Feast day,
v. i.
And his sons went and feasted in their houses. Job. i. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
With my love's picture then my eye doth feast. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Feast your ears with the music a while. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious. “Feastful days.” Milton.
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