Festivities

Examples

• The festivities of a show began with a ceremonial procession (_pompa_) and a sham fight (_pr?lusio_). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mrs. Peniston delighted in discussing the minutest details of festivities in which she had not taken part. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• We had our little festivities on those occasions and exchanged social ideas. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The festivities, so to speak, closed with another of those miraculous balls on the promenade deck. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He asked little parties and invented festivities to do her honour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The morning charities and ceremonies took so much time that the rest of the day was devoted to preparations for the evening festivities. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• One or two of the old properties were drawn out of the garrets, where they had lain ever since, and furbished up anew for the present festivities. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It contained a brilliant account of the festivities and of the beautiful and accomplished Mrs. Rawdon Crawley's admirable personifications. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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