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