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1Feast of Guardian Angels — Feast of Guardian Angels † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of Guardian Angels This feast, like many others, was local before it was placed in the Roman calendar. It was not one of the feasts retained in the Pian breviary, published in… …
2Feast of the Patronage of Our Lady — Feast of the Patronage of Our Lady † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Patronage of Our Lady It was first permitted by Decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites, 6 May, 1679, for all the provinces of Spain, in memory of the… …
3feast´er — feast «feest», noun, verb. –n. 1. a rich meal prepared for some special occasion, usually a joyous one, and for a number of guests; banquet: »We went to the wedding feast. 2. an unusually delicious or abundant meal. 3. Figurative. something that… …
4feast — ► NOUN 1) a large meal, especially a celebratory one. 2) an annual religious celebration. 3) a day dedicated to a particular saint. ► VERB 1) have a feast. 2) (feast on) eat large quantities of …
5feast — feaster, n. feastless, adj. /feest/, n. 1. any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast. 2. a sumptuous entertainment or meal for many guests: a wedding feast. 3. something highly agreeable: The Rembrandt exhibition was a feast for the …
6Feast of Fools — • A celebration marked by much license and buffoonery, which in many parts of Europe, and particularly in France, during the later middle ages took place every year on or about the feast of the Circumcision (1 Jan.) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …
7Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary — Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary The earliest document commemorating this feast comes from the sixth century. St. Romanus, the great… …
8Feast of Tabernacles — The Feast of Tabernacles † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Feast of Tabernacles One of the three great feasts of the Hebrew liturgical calendar, even the greatest, according to Philo (heorton megiste) and Josephus (heste hagiotate kai… …
9Feast of the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin — Feast of the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Exspectatio Partus B.V.M.) Celebrated on 18 December by nearly the entire Latin Church. Owing to… …
10Feast of the Circumcision — Feast of the Circumcision † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Feast of the Circumcision As Christ wished to fulfil the law and to show His descent according to the flesh from Abraham. He, though not bound by the law, was circumcised on the… …
