Designating a church feast or holy day; relating to or characteristic of such a feast or day; = festival, adj.

attributive with the sense, ‘characteristic of or befitting a feast day’. Now rare.

Of or relating to a feast or festival; joyous, celebratory; merry, convivial; = festive, adj.

Characteristic of a feast; (hence also) joyous or celebratory in tone; (of a person or group) in a festive or holiday mood.

characteristic, or of the style, of the carnival.

Behaving or appearing like a person enjoying a bank holiday; festive, holidayish. Cf. bank-holidayish adj. at derivatives. Now rare.

of a character befitting a holiday, festive.

characteristic of or suitable for a bank holiday; cf. sense B.

As adj., festive, gay. Chiefly North American.