"movable feast" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: movable feasts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} movable feast (plural movable feasts)
  1. A day of note, frequently a Christian festival, whose date changes from year to year according to a set of rules. Categories (topical): Calendar Synonyms: moveable feast Hyponyms: Ash Wednesday, Ascension, Corpus Christi, Easter Translations (a day of note): roerende feestdag [masculine] (Dutch), liikkuva juhla (Finnish), beweglicher Feiertag [masculine] (German), święto ruchome [neuter] (Polish), переходящий пра́здник (perexodjaščij prázdnik) [masculine] (Russian), подви́жный пра́здник (podvížnyj prázdnik) [masculine] (Russian), fiesta movible (Spanish)

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