Definition of "festival" []

• An occasion for feasting or celebration, especially a day or time of religious significance that recurs at regular intervals. (noun)
• An often regularly recurring program of cultural performances, exhibitions, or competitions: a film festival. (noun)
• Revelry; conviviality. (noun)
• Of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival; festive. (adjective)

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• "If we assign three weeks to each festival -- including the time spent on the journey going and returning, and the delays before and after the celebration, together with the _festival week_; it will be a small allowance for the cessation of their regular labor."
• "If we assign three weeks to each festival -- including the time spent on the journeys, and the delays before and after the celebration, together with the _festival week_, it will be a small allowance for the cessation of their regular labor."
• "One of the highlights of the festival is a dinner with a deadly difference."