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festivals

festivals is the plural of festival.

Meaning of festival

Noun

festival (countable and uncountable, plural festivals)

  1. A feast or feast day.
    • All your males are to appear three times a year before the Lord your God in the place He chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed.2009, “Deuteronomy 16:16”, in Holman Christian Standard Bible
  2. An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
    • The Reading and Leeds festivals take place on the August bank holiday.
  3. In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
  4. (Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable) Fried cornbread.

See all 5 meanings of festival

Phrases with festivals

Questions about festivals

What is festivals the plural of?
Festivals is the plural of festival.

Words near festivals in the dictionary

  1. festivalize
  2. festivalized
  3. festivalizes
  4. festivalizing
  5. festivally
  6. festivals
  7. festivalwear
  8. festive
  9. festive season
  10. festive seasons
  11. festively

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