- Christian festival - A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because
celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of
the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan);
-- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering
of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was
generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the
fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt. - A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in
commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which
occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday.
- Christian festival - Christian spring festival - Holiday period - Lent-end festival - Rapa Nui, ... Island - Religious festival - Time of year a steer runs amok
- Christian festival - Sort of tree or card - Yearly celebration has its charms, somehow - An annual church festival (December 25) and in some
States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often
celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts,
greetings, and hospitality.