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  • 21movable — /ˈmuvəbəl/ (say moohvuhbuhl) adjective 1. capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture. 2. changing from one date to another in different years: movable feast. 3. Law → moveable. 4. Printing (of type or matrices) separate… …

  • 22movable — (adj.) also moveable, late 14c., disposed to movement; c.1400, capable of being moved, from O.Fr. movable, from moveir (see MOVE (Cf. move) (v.)). A moveable feast (early 15c.) is one in the Church calendar which, though always on the same day of …

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  • 23movable — (also moveable) ► ADJECTIVE 1) capable of being moved. 2) denoting a religious feast day occurring on a different date each year. 3) Law (of property) of the nature of a chattel, as distinct from land or buildings …

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  • 24immovable feast — Feast Feast (f[=e]st), n. [OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. f[^e]te, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Fair}, n., {Festal}, {F[^e]te}.] 1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or… …

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  • 25feast — noun 1 special meal ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious ▪ veritable (often figurative) ▪ a veritable feast of music ▪ big, grand, great …

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  • 26Movable Feasts and Fasts —    Those Feasts and Fasts which are not observed on a fixed date, but are variable being dependent on the time Easter is kept. Easter Day is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the Twenty first day of… …

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  • 27movable — adj. Movable is used with these nouns: ↑feast, ↑partition …

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  • 28movable — adj. & n. (also moveable) adj. 1 that can be moved. 2 Law (of property) of the nature of a chattel, as distinct from land or buildings. 3 (of a feast or festival) variable in date from year to year. n. 1 an article of furniture that may be… …

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  • 29Feast of Tabernacles — Tabernacle Tab er*na*cle, n. [F., fr. L. tabernaculum, dim. of taberna nut. See {Tabern}.] 1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent. [1913 Webster] Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. Heb. xi. 9. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 30movable — (also moveable) adjective 1》 capable of being moved. 2》 denoting a religious feast day that is variable in date from year to year. 3》 Law (of property) of the nature of a chattel, as distinct from land or buildings. noun (movables) property or… …

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