afterfeast
afterfeast noun: a lesser religious festival that follows another more significant festival.
Noun
afterfeast (plural afterfeasts)
- A lesser religious festival that follows another more significant festival.
- The typikon of the Evergetis monastery, on the other hand, lists a forefeast and two afterfeasts; […]2016, Leslie Brubaker, Mary B. Cunningham, The Cult of the Mother of God in Byzantium: Texts and Images
- Liturgical ceremonies of special splendor were enacted not only on feast days but also on the forefeasts and afterfeasts of these events, as seen in the Book of Ceremonies and Typikon of the Great Church.2016, Carolyn L. Connor, Saints and Spectacle, page 144
Synonyms of afterfeast
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Forms of afterfeast
| plural | afterfeasts |
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Origin of afterfeast
From after- + feast.
Questions about afterfeast
- What does afterfeast mean?
- Afterfeast means a lesser religious festival that follows another more significant festival.
- What part of speech is afterfeast?
- Afterfeast is a noun.
- What is the plural of afterfeast?
- The plural of afterfeast is afterfeasts.
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