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词汇 festal
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Definition of festal in English:

festal

adjective ˈfɛst(ə)lˈfɛst(ə)l
archaic
  • Relating to or characteristic of a celebration or festival.

    〈主古〉庆典的;节日的;喜庆的;欢乐的

    plum pudding was originally served on festal days as a main course

    葡萄干布丁原本是节假日用的一道主菜。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wallace guides preachers in linking their sermons to the festal, pastoral, and sanctoral calendar by connecting these liturgical occasions with three human ‘hungers.’
    • Various on-site locations are unique loci of festal carnality.
    • But such a view, it becomes clear, is only a semblance, since outside of carnival time's hope and progress, hardship contradicts festal joy.
    • Stubbings is a previous Master of the Music and Missa Stella Splendens is a festal congregational communion setting.
    • Furthermore, in his discussion of the Ta series from Pylos, he observes that the inventorying of festal equipment fell under the purview of one of the most important scribes.
    • He built hospitals and buildings for several universities, and (in more festal mood) the heraldic gates of San Marino, the strange little independent republic not far from Urbino.
    • Coste's only claim to attention is that his other anthem, Save me 0 God, picked up what has proved to be an adhesive attribution to Byrd, having been confused with Byrd's festal psalm of the same title.
    • Yet, those brief hints do not tell us what we would dearly like to know: how the daily and festal ritual of sacrifice was carried out.
    • This suggests that - as in the case of meat - olive oil may have been a fairly regular element of Bronze Age festal and other diets.
    • Dr David Hope praised the Queen's ‘unstinting service, profound wisdom and unswerving faith’ during her 50-year reign at a special festal evensong at York Minster.
    • The orgiastic reaches a licentious, contagious and unrestrainable climax in the festal - those moments occasioning transgressions of imposed morality.
    • There is no more melancholy spectacle than a festal hall, the morning after the banquet, when the guests have departed and the lights are extinguished.
    • Christian worship may be assumed to have been a matter of ritual from the start, because of its roots in Temple worship, common festal meals, and the baptismal practice of Jesus and John.
    • And the whole celebration will be rounded off at 6pm with a festal Eucharist in the parish church.
    • Maisie received in petrification the full force of her mother's huge and painted eyes-they were like Japanese lanterns swung under festal arches.
    • In the festal throng, the mixed noises and movement bring Tito into the carnival spirit of human joyful becoming where his personal anxieties are excluded.
    • Barton suggests that an Anglican bishop finds it in the festal cycle culminating in Holy Week, while the Methodist finds it in preaching.
    • Galleries flank the terrace, and on festal days in summer the whole can be thrown open for large receptions.
    • In the congregation assembled for worship, these two movements meet, and the heavenly angels join the children of God in festal celebration.
    Synonyms
    jolly, merry, joyous, joyful, happy, jovial, light-hearted, cheerful, cheery, jubilant, convivial, good-time, high-spirited, gleeful, mirthful, uproarious, rollicking, backslapping, hilarious

Derivatives

  • festally

  • adverb
    archaic
    • But what good was it to our festally excited ancestors to. have their attention absorbed?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The chapel bell on the engine sounded most festally that sunny Sunday.

Origin

Late 15th century: via Old French from late Latin festalis, from Latin festum, (plural) festa 'feast'.

Rhymes

vestal

Definition of festal in US English:

festal

adjectiveˈfɛst(ə)lˈfest(ə)l
archaic
  • Of, like, or relating to a celebration or festival.

    〈主古〉庆典的;节日的;喜庆的;欢乐的

    he appeared in festal array
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the festal throng, the mixed noises and movement bring Tito into the carnival spirit of human joyful becoming where his personal anxieties are excluded.
    • Yet, those brief hints do not tell us what we would dearly like to know: how the daily and festal ritual of sacrifice was carried out.
    • Coste's only claim to attention is that his other anthem, Save me 0 God, picked up what has proved to be an adhesive attribution to Byrd, having been confused with Byrd's festal psalm of the same title.
    • Barton suggests that an Anglican bishop finds it in the festal cycle culminating in Holy Week, while the Methodist finds it in preaching.
    • But such a view, it becomes clear, is only a semblance, since outside of carnival time's hope and progress, hardship contradicts festal joy.
    • Wallace guides preachers in linking their sermons to the festal, pastoral, and sanctoral calendar by connecting these liturgical occasions with three human ‘hungers.’
    • Dr David Hope praised the Queen's ‘unstinting service, profound wisdom and unswerving faith’ during her 50-year reign at a special festal evensong at York Minster.
    • He built hospitals and buildings for several universities, and (in more festal mood) the heraldic gates of San Marino, the strange little independent republic not far from Urbino.
    • Christian worship may be assumed to have been a matter of ritual from the start, because of its roots in Temple worship, common festal meals, and the baptismal practice of Jesus and John.
    • This suggests that - as in the case of meat - olive oil may have been a fairly regular element of Bronze Age festal and other diets.
    • Stubbings is a previous Master of the Music and Missa Stella Splendens is a festal congregational communion setting.
    • Maisie received in petrification the full force of her mother's huge and painted eyes-they were like Japanese lanterns swung under festal arches.
    • Various on-site locations are unique loci of festal carnality.
    • In the congregation assembled for worship, these two movements meet, and the heavenly angels join the children of God in festal celebration.
    • Galleries flank the terrace, and on festal days in summer the whole can be thrown open for large receptions.
    • And the whole celebration will be rounded off at 6pm with a festal Eucharist in the parish church.
    • The orgiastic reaches a licentious, contagious and unrestrainable climax in the festal - those moments occasioning transgressions of imposed morality.
    • Furthermore, in his discussion of the Ta series from Pylos, he observes that the inventorying of festal equipment fell under the purview of one of the most important scribes.
    • There is no more melancholy spectacle than a festal hall, the morning after the banquet, when the guests have departed and the lights are extinguished.
    Synonyms
    jolly, merry, joyous, joyful, happy, jovial, light-hearted, cheerful, cheery, jubilant, convivial, good-time, high-spirited, gleeful, mirthful, uproarious, rollicking, backslapping, hilarious

Origin

Late 15th century: via Old French from late Latin festalis, from Latin festum, (plural) festa ‘feast’.

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