a festive meal

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• festive — festively, adv. festiveness, n. /fes tiv/, adj. 1. pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival: festive decorations; a festive meal. 2. joyous; merry: a festive mood. [1645 55; < L festivus merry, equiv. to fest(us) festal + ivus IVE] * * * …   Universalium

• festive, festal — These words refer to a festival or feast, but festive has an added meaning of joyous or merry. That is, a festal occasion may be festive, but not all festive occasions are connected with a feast or festival: Decorations for the dance were… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• meal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, filling, heavy ▪ I always want to go to sleep after a heavy meal. ▪ hearty, slap up (BrE) ▪ gourmet ( …   Collocations dictionary

• festive — adj. Festive is used with these nouns: ↑atmosphere, ↑celebration, ↑decoration, ↑greeting, ↑meal, ↑mood, ↑occasion, ↑period, ↑season, ↑shopper, ↑spirit, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• Passover Seder — festive meal read on the first night of the Passover holiday where families read the Haggadah and eat special foods …   English contemporary dictionary

• Christmas worldwide — Christmas around the world redirects here. For other uses, see Christmas Around the World (Bradley Joseph album). The Christmas season is celebrated in different ways around the world, varying by country and region. Elements common to many areas… …   Wikipedia

• Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …   Universalium

• Jewish religious year — Introduction       the cycle of Sabbaths and holidays that are commonly observed by the Jewish religious community and officially in Israel by the Jewish secular community as well. The Sabbath and festivals (feast) are bound to the Jewish… …   Universalium

• Ancient Israelite cuisine — refers to the food eaten by the ancient Israelites during a period of over a thousand years, from the beginning of the Israelite presence in the Land of Israel at the beginning of the Iron Age until the Roman period. The dietary staples were… …   Wikipedia

• Seudat mitzvah — A seudat mitzvah ( commanded meal ), in Judaism, is an obligatory festive meal, usually referring to the celebratory meal following the fulfillment of a mitzvah (commandment), such as a bar mitzvah, a wedding, a brit milah (ritual circumcision),… …   Wikipedia

• SE'UDAH — (Heb. סְעוּדָה var. סְעֻדָּה; meal or banquet ; in Yiddish pronounced sude), a festive meal. Eating and drinking are considered as pious and sanctifying acts if their purpose is to keep physically fit and healthy and if the prescribed laws and… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism