Words / B2

FEEST/fiːst/

A feast is a large special meal: a wedding feast; feast on. It is also a religious festival: a movable feast. Banquet is a close formal twin; meal is everyday (already in the dictionary); festival is the holy-day twin. Date the feast in the parish record, then the occasion. Mix-up: feast vs feat (an achievement); least; do not write feast for a packed lunch in the fieldwork log.

Meaning

A large special meal; also a religious festival; as a verb, to eat that meal (feast on).

Examples

• “Date the feast in the parish record, then the occasion, not a restaurant slogan.”
• “A feast day featured in the RS calendar, which is the holy-day sense — still name the saint if given.”

Good to know

a wedding / harvest feast; feast on; a feast day. Close: banquet / festival. Trap: feat / a packed lunch. History, RS, and geography. A large special meal, or a holy day — date the record, not a slogan.

Near in meaning

banquet, celebration, festival

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