movable holiday

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• movable — [mo͞o′və bəl] adj. 1. a) that can be moved from one place to another; not fixed b) Law designating or of personal property as distinguished from real property 2. changing in date from one year to the next [Thanksgiving is a movable holiday] n. 1 …   English World dictionary

• movable — movability, movableness, n. movably, adv. /mooh veuh beuhl/, adj. 1. capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture. 2. Law. (of property) a. not permanent in reference to place; capable of being moved without injury. b.… …   Universalium

• movable — mov•a•ble or moveable [[t]ˈmu və bəl[/t]] adj. 1) capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture 2) law Law. (of property) personal, as distinguished from real 3) changing from one date to another in different years: a… …   From formal English to slang

• movable feast — noun count 1. ) a religious holiday that is on a different date in different years, for example, Easter 2. ) BRITISH INFORMAL something that can be arranged to happen at any time that suits people …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• movable feast — Feast Feast (f[=e]st), n. [OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. f[^e]te, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Fair}, n., {Festal}, {F[^e]te}.] 1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• movable feast — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms movable feast : singular movable feast plural movable feasts 1) British informal something that can be arranged to happen at any time that suits people 2) a religious holiday that is on a different date in… …   English dictionary

• movable feast — noun a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years • Syn: ↑moveable feast • Hypernyms: ↑feast day, ↑fete day • Hyponyms: ↑Easter, ↑Passover, ↑Pesach, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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• Long weekend — is a term used in Western countries to denote a weekend that is at least three days long (a three day weekend), due to a holiday falling on either the Friday or Monday. In the United Kingdom these would be termed a bank holiday weekend.In some… …   Wikipedia