Definition of "feast" []

• A large, elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons and often accompanied by entertainment; a banquet. (noun)
• A meal that is well prepared and abundantly enjoyed. (noun)
• A periodic religious festival commemorating an event or honoring a god or saint. (noun)
• Something giving great pleasure or satisfaction: a book that is a veritable feast for the mind. (noun)
• To give a feast for; entertain or feed sumptuously: feasted the guests on venison. (verb-transitive)

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• ""This is what I call the feast and flow," said Mr Pitskiver; while Mr"
• "She dined publicly in state; a procession of the municipal magistrates presented her a sample of the wines of the district; and, as she tasted the luscious offering, the coopers celebrated what they called a feast of Bacchus, waving their hoops as they danced round the room in grotesque figures."
• "Spirit of God, in holy eucharistical ordinances, are the marriage-feast; and the whole collective body of all those who partake of this feast is the bride, the Lamb's wife; they eat into one body, and drink into one Spirit, and are not mere spectators or guests, but coalesce into the espoused party, the mystical body of Christ."