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afterfeast

noun

Etymology

From after- + feast.

  1. derived from *dʰéh₁s✻
  2. derived from *fēs-tos✻
  3. derived from festum
  4. derived from festa
  5. derived from feste
  6. inherited from feeste
  7. prefixed as afterfeast — “after + feast”

Definitions

  1. 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; […]
    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA