Festival
['festɪv(ə)l] or [ˈfɛstəvəl]
Definition
(noun.) an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); 'a drama festival'.
(noun.) a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration.
Editor: Sheldon--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Feast, FÊTE, holiday, festive celebration, joyful anniversary, day of rejoicing.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being at a festival, denotes indifference to the cold realities of life, and a love for those pleasures that make one old before his time. You will never want, but will be largely dependent on others.
Typist: Michael
Examples
- He was sure now that the festival would not be cancelled. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was a day of some wild rejoicing, and a festival. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And can you cling to gaiety so eagerly as to walk all the way to a village festival in search of it? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The question instantly awakened one of my dormant remembrances in connection with the birthday festival. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Yes, said Polemarchus, and not only so, but a festival will be celebrated at night, which you certainly ought to see. Plato. The Republic.
- As the dinner got on, I became aware, little by little, that this festival was not prospering as other like festivals had prospered before it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The Lady Rowena, he said, possesses not the language in which to reply to your courtesy, or to sustain her part in your festival. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But this will be a fair and festival today,' another said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Among other things, this orientation of the temples served to fix and help the great annual festival of the New Year. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is quite possible that a child born at one hymeneal festival may marry one of its own brothers or sisters, or even one of its parents, at another. Plato. The Republic.
- Let us rise soon after supper and see this festival; there will be a gathering of young men, and we will have a good talk. Plato. The Republic.
- Thrasymachus replies: 'Let this be your entertainment, Socrates, at the festival of Bendis. Plato. The Republic.
- Could I enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck, and bowing me to the ground. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- An occasion of feasting and festival. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- At Middlemarch in those times a large sale was regarded as a kind of festival. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- All the year round, my people work for the well-being of the community, and these festivals, although they please them, are not without their objects. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Do you celebrate those festivals? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- As the dinner got on, I became aware, little by little, that this festival was not prospering as other like festivals had prospered before it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Chanted originally to the chiefs and leading men in hall, they were now recited at the public festivals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now there are occasions on which the governors and the governed meet together,--at festivals, on a journey, voyaging or fighting. Plato. The Republic.
- They had no theaters, no dances, no festivals. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He spent great sums and incurred heavy debts to provide public festivals on the most lavish scale. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We are not yet in the time of fairs and festivals. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The Bacchanalia of Melnos do not include the debauchery of Athens, nor are the Anthesphoria anything more than innocent flower festivals. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Are the lovers of sights and sounds, who let out their ears to every chorus at the Dionysiac festivals, to be called philosophers? Plato. The Republic.
- The people went to the temple not only _en masse_ for festivals, but individually for help. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Our prime festivals were held in Perdita's cottage; nor were we ever weary of talking of the past or dreaming of the future. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They were much given to festivals and shows, and, in particular, they were addicted to bull-fights and gymnastic entertainments. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For the avoidance of this, holy marriage festivals will be instituted, and their holiness will be in proportion to their usefulness. Plato. The Republic.
- All idea of resort for pleasure, of theatres and festivals had passed away. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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