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birthfeast

noun

Etymology

From birth + 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. compounded as birthfeast — “birth + feast”

Definitions

  1. A feast held to celebrate a birthday.

    • The birthfeast of Mithra was held in Rome on the 8th day before the Kalends of January, being also the day of the Circassian games, which were sacred to the Sun.

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