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Fete

A feat.

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Bacchanalia 76% connected

A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.

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Carnival 76% connected

A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days…

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Eisteddfod 76% connected

Am assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patriotic revival of the old cust…

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Saturnalia 76% connected

The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and m…

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Celebration 76% connected

The act, process, or time of celebrating.

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Festivity 76% connected

The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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Party 76% connected

A part or portion.

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Jubilate 76% connected

The third Sunday after Easter; -- so called because the introit is the 66th Psalm, which, in the Latin version, begins with the words, "Jubilate Deo."

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Party 76% connected

A part or portion.

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Racket 76% connected

A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It…

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Receive 76% connected

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

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Revel 76% connected

See Reveal.

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Wassail 76% connected

An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.

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Banquet 74% connected

A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.

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Banquet 74% connected

A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.

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Feast 74% connected

A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

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Feast 74% connected

A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

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Celebrate 92% connected

To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

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Feast 92% connected

A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

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Festival 92% connected

Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.

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