Meanings
plural afterfeasts
- A lesser religious festival that follows another more significant festival.
The typikon of the Evergetis monastery, on the other hand, lists a forefeast and two afterfeasts; […]
2016, Leslie Brubaker, Mary B. Cunningham, The Cult of the Mother of God in Byzantium: Texts and Images1 more example
Liturgical ceremonies of special splendor were enacted not only on feast days but also on the forefeasts and afterfeasts of these events, as seen in the Book of Ceremonies and Typikon of the Great Church.
2016, Carolyn L. Connor, Saints and Spectacle, page 144
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA lesser religious festival that follows another more significant festival.
Origin
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