religious festival
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Definition
- Noun:
- A festival having religious significance: A religious festival is a special day or period of celebration, often a public holiday, that is centered around and honors the beliefs, deities, saints, or sacred events of a particular religion.
Usage
- The term "religious festival" is used to describe organized, communal celebrations that are integral to the practice and cultural expression of a faith.
- It functions as a countable noun (e.g., , ).
Examples
- Noun:
- Eid al-Fitr is a major religious festival for Muslims.
- The city streets were decorated for the upcoming religious festival.
- Many religious festivals involve specific rituals, prayers, and shared meals.
Advanced Usage
- "to observe a religious festival": To celebrate or commemorate a religious festival according to its traditional customs.
- The community will observe the religious festival with a day of prayer and fasting.
Variants and Related Words
- Feast day (n): A day dedicated to a particular saint or religious mystery, often celebrated as a festival.
- St. Patrick's Day is both a cultural event and a religious feast day.
- Holy day (n): A day of religious significance, often marked by cessation from work and special observances; a religious festival can be a holy day.
- Yom Kippur is a solemn holy day in Judaism.
Synonyms
- Feast: A day or period of celebration, typically for religious reasons.
- Festival: A day or period of celebration, which can be religious or secular.
Related Phrases
- Religious observance: An act of ceremony performed in accordance with religious law or custom, which can be part of a festival.
- The religious observance included lighting candles at the temple.
Related Idioms
- "High holy day": A term often used to refer to the most important religious festivals in a faith, such as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in Judaism.
- During the high holy days, the synagogue is filled with worshippers.
Noun
- a festival having religious significance