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feast

Main Entry:: ¹feast
Pronunciation:: \ˈfēst\
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

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