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ceilidhs

noun

variants also ceilis
plural of ceilidh, Scottish & Irish
as in sings

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  1. festivals
  2. symphonies
  3. jams
Noun
  • The Global Wellness Institute’s 2026 outlook explicitly bundles sober morning raves with multi-day wellness festivals.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The film world premiered at TIFF in 2025 and then went on to screen in a more than a dozen film festivals including BFI London, Malmo and the Red Sea International Film Festival.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of festivals
Noun
  • The new project on my hard drive focuses not on songs or symphonies but on cruelty, injustice, dishonesty, and the politics of everyday language.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In his first years, Dudamel explored standard symphonic repertory with immersions into the symphonies and worlds of Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Dvorak and Ives, often in context with new music.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of symphonies
Noun
  • If the party gets a little too wild, and someone knocks the jams into the drink, don't worry.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026
  • From late May through early September, weekly music jams with fiddles and banjos celebrate the area’s musical heritage.
    — Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of jams
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“Ceilidhs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ceilidhs. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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