festi-val

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Festi-val \Fes"ti-val\, n.
   A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy,
   civil or religious.
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         The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. --Milton.

   Syn: Feast; banquet; carousal. See {Feast}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Festival \Fes"ti*val\, a. [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive
   jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See {Festive}.]
   Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a
   festival; joyous; mirthful.
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         I cannot woo in festival terms.          --Shak.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "festival":
      Mardi Gras, Saturnalia, anniversary, banquet, birthday, blowout,
      carnival, celebration, commemoration, do, entertainment, fair,
      feast, festive occasion, festivity, fete, field day, fiesta, gala,
      gala affair, gala day, great doings, high jinks, holiday, holy day,
      jamboree, kermis, party, picnic, red-letter day, waygoose,
      wayzgoose

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