"feast day" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: feast days [plural], feastday [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} feast day (plural feast days)
  1. (religion) A religious festival for a particular saint or religious event. Synonyms: holy day, saint's day, name day Translations (religious festival): pista (Cebuano), fête votive [feminine] (French), día festivo [masculine] (Galician), Festtag [masculine] (German), Feiertag [masculine] (German), γιορτή (giortí) [feminine] (Greek), lá féile [masculine] (Irish), féile [feminine] (Irish), пра́зник (práznik) [masculine] (Macedonian), بیرام (bayram) (Ottoman Turkish), عید (ʿid) (Ottoman Turkish), dzień świąteczny [masculine] (Polish), święto [neuter] (Polish), pista (Tagalog), празник (praznyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), свято (svjato) [neuter] (Ukrainian), святковий день (svjatkovyj denʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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