movable feast
noun
: a religious festival that occurs on a different date each year
Easter and Passover are movable feasts.
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For Florida Extravaganza 2001’s brunch, Washington Avenue from Fourth to Fifth Street will be transformed into a movable feast with live music.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Kansas City-Buffalo, the movable feast of NFL playoff rivalries, will take center stage again Sunday.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The Christian celebration of Easter is a movable feast that is observed on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2024
Further complicating year-on-year comparisons in China is the timing of Chinese New Year (aka Lunar New Year, aka Spring Festival), which is a movable feast.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Kansas City-Buffalo, the movable feast of NFL playoff rivalries, will take center stage again Sunday.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The Christian celebration of Easter is a movable feast that is observed on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2024
Further complicating year-on-year comparisons in China is the timing of Chinese New Year (aka Lunar New Year, aka Spring Festival), which is a movable feast.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
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“Movable feast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/movable%20feast. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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