sumptuous feast
21immovable 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… …
22movable 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… …
23Babette's Feast — Infobox Film name = Babette s Feast caption = 1987 Movie Poster by Rolf Konow director = Gabriel Axel producer = Just Betzer Bo Christensen Benni Korzen Pernille Siesbye writer = Gabriel Axel Karen Blixen starring = Stéphane Audran Birgitte… …
24BARMACIDE FEAST — an imaginary feast, so called from a story in the Arabian Nights of a hungry beggar invited by a Barmacide prince to a banquet, which proved a long succession of merely empty dishes, and which he enjoyed with such seeming gusto and such good… …
25regale — I. verb (regaled; regaling) Etymology: French régaler, from Middle French, from regale, noun Date: circa 1656 transitive verb 1. to entertain sumptuously ; feast with delicacies 2. to give pleasure or amusement to < regaled us with tall tale …
26banquet — I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old Italian banchetto, from diminutive of banca bench, bank Date: 15th century 1. a sumptuous feast; especially an elaborate and often ceremonious meal for numerous people often in honor of a person < a… …
27Epulum Jovis — Infobox Holiday holiday name = Epulum Jovis type = Pagan longtype = Pagan, Historical caption = observedby = Ancient Romans date = September 13 celebrations = observances = relatedto = In Roman festivals, the Epulum Jovis was a sumptuous feast… …
28regale — regalement, n. regaler, n. /ri gayl /, v., regaled, regaling, n. v.t. 1. to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight. 2. to entertain with choice food or drink. v.i. 3. to feast. n. 4. a sumptuous feast. 5. a choice article of food or drink …
29Baltasar — • The Greek and Latin name for Belshazzar, which is the Hebrew equivalent for Belsarrausur, i.e., May Bel protect the king Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Baltasar Baltasar …
30regale — re•gale [[t]rɪˈgeɪl[/t]] v. galed, gal•ing, n. 1) to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight 2) to entertain with choice food or drink 3) to feast 4) a sumptuous feast 5) a choice article of food or drink • Etymology: 1650–60; < F régaler,… …
