movable feast

/ˌmuvəbəl fist/
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Other forms: movable feasts

Definitions of movable feast
  1. noun
    a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years
    synonyms: moveable feast
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    Easter
    a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
    Feast of the Unleavened Bread, Passover, Pesach, Pesah
    (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
    Pasch, Pascha
    the Christian festival of Easter
    Pasch, Pascha
    the Jewish feast of the Passover
    type of:
    feast day, fete day
    a day designated for feasting
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