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forefeast

forefeast noun: a lesser religious festival that leads up to another more significant festival.

Noun

forefeast (plural forefeasts)

  1. A lesser religious festival that leads up to another more significant festival.
    • The two forefeasts of Christmas fall on the previous Sundays […]2005, George Dion Dragas, Ecclesiasticus II: Orthodox Icons, Saints, Feasts and Prayer
    • 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

Antonyms of forefeast

Forms of forefeast

pluralforefeasts

Origin of forefeast

From fore- + feast.

Questions about forefeast

What does forefeast mean?
Forefeast means a lesser religious festival that leads up to another more significant festival.
What part of speech is forefeast?
Forefeast is a noun.
What is the plural of forefeast?
The plural of forefeast is forefeasts.

Words near forefeast in the dictionary

  1. forefalls
  2. forefather
  3. forefatherly
  4. forefathers
  5. Forefathers' Day
  6. forefeast
  7. forefeasts
  8. forefeel
  9. forefeeling
  10. forefeelingly
  11. forefeelings

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