feast day

noun

A religious festival for a particular saint or religious event.

Meanings

nounfeast day (plural feast days)

plural feast days · alternative feastday

  1. lifestyleA religious festival for a particular saint or religious event.

    17th March is St Patrick's feast day.

    Synonyms: holy day, saint's day, name day

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA religious festival for a particular saint or religious event.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna day designated for feasting

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Translations

French fête votive
  • fête votivereligious festival
German Festtag, Feiertag
  • Festtagreligious festival
  • Feiertagreligious festival
Greek γιορτή
  • γιορτή (giortí)religious festival
Irish lá féile, féile
  • lá féilereligious festival
  • féilereligious festival
Polish dzień świąteczny, święto
  • dzień świątecznyreligious festival
  • świętoreligious festival
Russian пра́здничный день
  • пра́здничный день (prázdničnyj denʹ)religious festival
Tagalog pista
  • pistareligious festival
Ukrainian празник, свято
  • празник (praznyk)religious festival
  • свято (svjato)religious festival
  • святковий день (svjatkovyj denʹ)religious festival
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APA

feast day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feast%20day

MLA

“feast day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feast%20day. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feast day,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feast%20day.

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