Feast definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary FEAST, n. [L. festum.] 1. A sumptuous repast or entertainment, of ... public entertainment. On Pharaoh's birth day, he made a feast to all his servants. Genesis 40. 2. A rich or ... as on occasion of the games in Greece, and the feast of the passover, the feast of Pentecost, and the feast of tabernacles among the Jews. 4. Something delicious and ...
Banquet definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BAN'QUET, n. A feast; a rich entertainment of meat and drink. ESther 5. Job ... Amos 6. BAN'QUET, v.t. To treat with a feast,or rich entertainment. BAN'QUET, v.i. To feast; to regale one's self with good eating and drinking ... 1: a ceremonial dinner party for many people [syn: banquet, feast] 2: a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed; "a banquet for the graduating seniors"; "the Thanksgiving feast"; "they put out quite a spread" [syn: banquet, feast, spread] v 1: provide a feast or banquet for [ ...
feast day definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a day designated for feasting [syn: feast day, fete day] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Feast Feast (f[=e]st), n. [OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. f[^e]te, fr. L. festum ... commonly, a joyous, anniversary. The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. --Ex. xiii. 6. Now his parents ...
Trumpets, Feast of definitions Easton's Bible Dictionary was celebrated at the ... seven days of holy convocation. The special design of this feast, which is described in these verses, is not known. International ... for a sin offering. 2. Significance: The significance of the feast lay in the fact that it marked the beginning of ... spring New Year never succeeded in becoming a specially recognized feast, and to Jewish ears "New Year's Day" (ro'sh ... and so the custom was of course observed on this feast also. There is nothing in the language of either Le ... their type. Perhaps Ps 81 was especially written for this feast (compare 81:3). 4. Origin: Mentions of a special ...
Tabernacles, Feast of definitions Easton's Bible Dictionary the third of the ... Jews (Lev. 23:33-43). It is also called the "feast of ingathering" (Ex. 23:16; Deut. 16:13). It was ... 29:13-38. It was at the time of this feast that Solomon's temple was dedicated (1 Kings 8:2 ... made of it after the return from the Captivity. This feast was designed (1) to be a memorial of the wilderness ... the pillar of fire by night during their wanderings. "The feast of Tabernacles, the harvest festival of the Jewish Church, was ... who arrived on the 14th (of the month Tisri, the feast beginning on the 15th) day, like entrance into a ...
Smell-feast definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Smell-feast Smell"-feast`, n. 1. One who is apt to find and frequent ... tables; a parasite; a sponger. The epicure and the smell-feast. --South. 2. A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the ...
DEDICATION, FEAST OF definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ded-i-ka'-shun (ta egkainia, Joh 10:22): A feast held by the Jews throughout the country for eight days ... desecration by Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Macc 4:56,59). The feast was to be kept "with mirth and gladness." 2 Macc 10:6,7 says it was kept like the Feast of the Tabernacles, with the carrying of palm and other ... which accompanied it (Ant., XII, vii, 7). At this winter feast Jesus delivered in the temple the discourse recorded in Joh ...
Feast of Dedication definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... Hanukkah, Hanukah, Hannukah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Channukah, Channukkah, Festival of Lights, Feast of Lights, Feast of Dedication, Feast of the Dedication]
Feast of the Dedication definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n ... Hanukkah, Hanukah, Hannukah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Channukah, Channukkah, Festival of Lights, Feast of Lights, Feast of Dedication, Feast of the Dedication]
Feast of Weeks definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... receiving the Ten Commandments [syn: Shavous, Shabuoth, Shavuoth, Shavuot, Pentecost, Feast of Weeks] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Week Week, n. [OE ... from time immemorial in almost all Eastern countries. --Encyc. Brit. Feast of Weeks. See Pentecost, 1. Prophetic week, a week of ... sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first ...
Feast of Tabernacles definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... their 40 years in the wilderness [syn: Succoth, Sukkoth, Succos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, Tabernacles] Merriam Webster's Date: 14th century Sukkoth ... the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc. Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), one of the three principal festivals ...
Feast of Lights definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... Hanukkah, Hanukah, Hannukah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Channukah, Channukkah, Festival of Lights, Feast of Lights, Feast of Dedication, Feast of the Dedication]
RULER OF THE FEAST definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (architriklinos; the King James Version ... in the New Testament in the account of the wedding feast in Cana of Galilee (Joh 2:8,9). According to ... Version margin "steward" is possible if the "governor of the feast" meant the "head waiter" (Merx renders "head servant of the feast"), and not one of the guests appointed for the purpose ...
Wedding-feast definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary WEDDING-FEAST, n. [wedding and feast.] A feast or entertainment prepared for the guests at a wedding.
love feast definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a social ... as a sign of love and fellowship [syn: agape, love feast] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1580 1. a meal eaten ... something given to be worn in token of love. Love feast, a religious festival, held quarterly by some religious denominations, as ...