celebrate

Verb

• assign great social importance to
  • The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood
    
  • The tenor was lionized in Vienna
    

• have a celebration
  • They were feting the patriarch of the family
    
  • After the exam, the students were celebrating
    

• behave as expected during of holidays or rites
  • Keep the commandments
    
  • celebrate Christmas
    
  • Observe Yom Kippur
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  lionize , lionise , fete , observe , keep