Definitions
an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)
Word origin
From Middle English festival (adjective), from Old French festival (“festive”), from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”). By surface analysis, festive + -al. Displaced native Old English frēols. The noun is shortened from festival day, from Middle English festival dai, festiuall day (“feast day, festival”).
Used in a sentence
“the temple of the Gods […] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort […]”
“The Reading and Leeds festivals take place on the August bank holiday.”
“A Welsh eisteddfod is a literary festival.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Public celebration”8 letters
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