Definition of fast day in English:

fast day

noun

A day when one abstains from all or some kinds of food or drink, especially as a religious observance.
the Greek Orthodox calendar has many feast days, fast days, and name days
Example sentencesExamples
- A religious man attends church, observes feast days and fast days.
- Many monasteries had fish-pools attached to give plentiful supplies for fast days.
- Judaism's most famous fast day is Yom Kippur, when followers abstain from food and water from sundown to sundown.
- On a fast day, drink water.
- We each keep our religion, observe each other's holidays and fast days.
- The Day of Atonement, a fast day, is probably the most important day in the Jewish year.
- Indeed, Christians had their own fast day on a more regular basis, with the Church's ban on the consumption of meat on Fridays.
- From Moscow to St. Petersberg, Russians celebrate Butter Week just before their Lent fast days.
- In Jewish consciousness, a fast day is a time of reckoning, a time to correct a previous mistake.
- Until well into the 20th century fish appeared on most dinner plates on the fast days of Wednesday and Friday, and during Lent.

词汇	fast day
释义	Definition of fast day in English: fast day noun A day when one abstains from all or some kinds of food or drink, especially as a religious observance. the Greek Orthodox calendar has many feast days, fast days, and name days Example sentencesExamples A religious man attends church, observes feast days and fast days. Many monasteries had fish-pools attached to give plentiful supplies for fast days. Judaism's most famous fast day is Yom Kippur, when followers abstain from food and water from sundown to sundown. On a fast day, drink water. We each keep our religion, observe each other's holidays and fast days. The Day of Atonement, a fast day, is probably the most important day in the Jewish year. Indeed, Christians had their own fast day on a more regular basis, with the Church's ban on the consumption of meat on Fridays. From Moscow to St. Petersberg, Russians celebrate Butter Week just before their Lent fast days. In Jewish consciousness, a fast day is a time of reckoning, a time to correct a previous mistake. Until well into the 20th century fish appeared on most dinner plates on the fast days of Wednesday and Friday, and during Lent.
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