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Moveable feast — This article is about Christian holy days. For the book by Ernest Hemingway, see A Moveable Feast. In Christianity, a moveable feast or movable feast is a holy day – a feast day or a fast day – whose date is not fixed to a particular day of the… … Wikipedia
moveable feast — noun a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years • Syn: ↑movable feast • Hypernyms: ↑feast day, ↑fete day • Hyponyms: ↑Easter, ↑Passover, ↑Pesach, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
A Moveable Feast — infobox Book | name = A Moveable Feast title orig = translator = author = Ernest Hemingway cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Autobiography publisher = Scribners (USA) Jonathan Cape (UK) release date =… … Wikipedia
a moveable feast — Meaning Feast days that have a date that moves from year to year. Origin Originated as a reference to the various Christian events that have a variable date from year to year. The date of Easter Day for instance follows these rather complex rules … Meaning and origin of phrases
A Moveable Feast — Paris ein Fest fürs Leben sind Erinnerungen von Ernest Hemingway, die 1965 unter dem englischen Titel Paris. A Moveable Feast erschienen. Hemingway schreibt darin über sein Leben 1921 1926 in Paris. In der Geschichte Ein gutes Café auf der Place… … Deutsch Wikipedia
feast day — noun a day designated for feasting • Syn: ↑fete day • Hypernyms: ↑holiday • Hyponyms: ↑Rosh Hashanah, ↑Rosh Hashana, ↑Rosh Hashonah, ↑Rosh Hashona … Useful english dictionary
Feast of the Unleavened Bread — noun (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt • Syn: ↑Passover, ↑Pesach, ↑Pesah • Topics: ↑Judaism • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Feast of the Cross — Russian icon of Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross (icon from Yaroslavl by Gury Nikitin, 1680. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow). Liturgical year Western Advent … Wikipedia
moveable — Movable Mov a*ble, a. [Cf. OF. movable. See {Move}.] 1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Corpus Christi (feast) — Corpus Christi procession (painting by Carl Emil Doepler) Corpus Christi (Latin for Body of Christ) is a Latin Rite solemnity, now designated the solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi).[1] … Wikipedia
