n.
Pronunciation: ' f ē st
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English feste, from Anglo-French, from Latin festa, plural of festum festival, from neuter of festus solemn, festal; akin to Latin feriae holidays, fanum temple
Date: 13th century
1 a : an elaborate and usually abundant meal often accompanied by a ceremony or entertainment : BANQUET b (1) : something that gives unusual or abundant enjoyment <a visual feast > (2) : ABUNDANCE , PROFUSION <an unprecedented feast of corruption, gargantuan in scale ― Neil Sheehan>
2 : a periodic religious observance commemorating an event or honoring a deity, person, or thing