The group helps its members in time of misfortune, and is conspicuous on festal occasions. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
A festive (or festal) occasion. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
For me, for me, in festal halls it shall kindle o'er thy face!. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woman, With Other Poems] Reference
He heard the festal shouts loud in the lofty hall. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
Preparation follows preparation in festal succession. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
The boxes continued to arrive until the festal holiday. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
The religious marriage, on the contrary, is a festal occasion. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878.] Reference
"When at the festal board, in order plac'd, They hear the song.". From Wordnik.com. [Politics: A Treatise on Government] Reference
The last of these festal glories was the coronation of George the. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
And yet this was a sort of festal day, as well as a day of business. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
Thou well mayst peal thy bells of joy, and light thy festal fires. From Wordnik.com. [War Poetry of the South] Reference
All festal occasions in Circassian life are enlivened by the presence of the minstrel. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia] Reference
"Come, Zuleika," said he, "as I am in my festal attire let us visit the salle-à-manger!". From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
I ordain to Phoebus and Trivia a temple of solid marble, and festal days in Phoebus 'name. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
This festal day made this most ancient portion of the city also one of the most picturesque. From Wordnik.com. [In and Around Berlin] Reference
They are upon the festal table; they hang in festoons about the house, and all along the eaves. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Japan] Reference
The squires brought him a festal robe to his pleasure, but he would not suffer them to take his sword. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
For the life of her she couldn't help her wave of color, but through it all she clung to her festal smile. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
It is touching, solemn, sublime, this pause and outburst of feeling in the midst of the wild festal scene. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
The flowers which covered the bed and lay scattered on the floor, gave a festal appearance to the death-chamber. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It is almost beyond belief the extent to which they carry this festal day, given up entirely to greetings and parades. From Wordnik.com. [An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China] Reference
The festal robes of enraptured feeling fell from her consciousness and were replaced by the rags of unwelcome recollections. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
We, the wretched people, to whom that day was our last, hang the shrines of the gods with festal boughs throughout the city. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
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