feast

Meaning

1. A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
2. Something delightful
3. A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

banquet

social gathering

drinking bout

celebrate with feasting

be delighted

give a party

eating and drinking

provide dinner for

festival season

have a Chinese dinner

welcoming party

enjoy a feast

joyous occasion

funeral potlatch

festive occasion

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fiːst/

From Middle English feeste, feste, borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of Latin festum (“holiday, festival, feast”), from Proto-Italic *fēs-tos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”); see also Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god, goddess”). More at theo-. Doublet of fete, fiesta, and fest. Displaced Old English winhate.

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