I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bean feast
movable feast
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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It was one of the greatest feasts of his reign.
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The women and children especially found him friendly and did him the honor of welcoming him to their great pumpkin feast .
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Such a picture points to the great Messianic feast in the future.
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Once a year the up-river migration of the salmon heading for their spawning grounds provides a great feast .
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Very soon now they will be ready and then I mean to hold a great feast for all my people.
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Afterwards, Thorfinn gave a great feast .
movable
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A birthday is a movable feast as the round of years is wholly unrelated to the seasons.
■ NOUN
day
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On feast days such as Passover, thousands of offerings were made.
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Hence, the blessing of bread on her feast day .
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It was generally held on or about the feast day of the patron saint to whom the church was dedicated.
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Canonized 1729; feast day , May 16.
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On special feast days a High Mass was sung to mark the occasion.
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Her feast day was designated as June 20.
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Prayer, songs and fireworks all helped the faithful celebrate her feast day .
days
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On feast days such as Passover, thousands of offerings were made.
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I hate, I despise your feast days , and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
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On special feast days a High Mass was sung to mark the occasion.
midnight
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Let's have a midnight feast tonight, she said: a secret party.
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Big Ronnie was up and about and having a midnight feast .
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When it is time to eat, pretend it is a midnight feast and have the food in one of the bedrooms.
wedding
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My words have been grubby confetti, faded, tacky, blown far from the wedding feast .
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Village wedding feasts may soon forsake smoked salmon canapés in favour of such things as Lincolnshire chine and Wiltshire porkies once again.
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Here was the connubial complement to Miss Havisham's wedding feast but without the cobwebs.
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So they lived happily in his fortress for a month and a day, celebrating their wedding feast .
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The priest made a short speech praising the families and the outstanding simplicity of the wedding feast .
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Witness their behaviour at the Lapithae wedding feast when the centaur Eurythion tried to rape the bride.
■ VERB
celebrate
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Christmas came in the summer holidays and was celebrated with a simple feast and decorations of flowers or branches.
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Prayer, songs and fireworks all helped the faithful celebrate her feast day.
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So they lived happily in his fortress for a month and a day, celebrating their wedding feast .
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Tithing was of utmost importance, as was celebrating weeklong feasts in spring, summer and fall.
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The markets were closed Monday for a holiday celebrating the feast of the Three Kings.
hold
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Very soon now they will be ready and then I mean to hold a great feast for all my people.
prepare
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Christians fast to prepare for a feast; the modern world feasts and then queasily goes on a diet.
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Now for the questions that even experienced cooks ask when faced with preparing the Thanksgiving feast .
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In the Manse the household occupied themselves with the task of preparing a feast fit for the assembled lords.
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And, my great-grandmother hired shamans and prepared feasts to appease the spirits and prayed for a son.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a Thanksgiving Day feast
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On Tuesdays the restaurant offers a prime rib feast .
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The Christmas celebrations in Fiji are rounded off by a huge feast on Christmas Day.
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The last day of Kwanzaa is marked by a lavish feast .
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There were over sixty guests at the wedding feast .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Canonized 1729; feast day, May 16.
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Chefs Kuni and Yasu, both chatty artists, carve edible canvasses that are spectacular feasts for the eyes.
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Come down Daniel to the lions' den, Come down Daniel and join in the feast .
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He said the date was chosen to coincide with the feast of St Teresa of Lisieux, patron saint of the missions.
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Here was the connubial complement to Miss Havisham's wedding feast but without the cobwebs.
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The welcome feast had made them as sick as volcanoes.
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Their clothes were aromatic with the feast they had been preparing.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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On the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims feasted for three days.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At his trial some 15,000 revellers descended on Millau for music, feasting and anti-capitalist fun.
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Death was also a time for feasting.
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Having feasted on this rich diet of generalisable material, however, a few hard questions about its reliability began to surface.
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In the wooden fortress they were still feasting when the princess's army came in sight.
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Our Master, joyful at the pleasing Sight, Invites us all to feast with him at Night.
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They welcome me warmly, and I feast on the nourishment for which I was born and which is mine par excellence.