MOVABLE FEAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does movable feast mean? 

• MOVABLE FEAST (noun)
  The noun MOVABLE FEAST has 1 sense:

1. a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years

  Familiarity information: MOVABLE FEAST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOVABLE FEAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

movable feast; moveable feast

Hypernyms ("movable feast" is a kind of...):

feast day; fete day (a day designated for feasting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "movable feast"):

Easter (a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox)

Feast of the Unleavened Bread; Passover; Pesach; Pesah ((Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt)