单词 | festial |
释义 | festialn. Now historical. A set of sermons for each feast day of the church calendar; = festival n. 1.Originally and chiefly with reference to the very popular late 14th-century collection by John Mirk (see quot. a1450). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] tidea900 holidayc950 massOE holy-daya1000 mass-dayOE high tideOE holy-tidea1035 good tideOE high dayOE feastc1200 feast dayc1300 ferie1377 festival day1389 solemnity1390 solennityc1400 feastful day1440 festiala1450 festivala1500 sacre1542 panegyry1641 Magdalene-tide1649 church festival1661 surplice day1663 festa1800 festa day1835 fiesta1844 society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > service book (general) > [noun] > for feast days festiala1450 festival1486 festology1739 a1450 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Claud.) (2009) Prol. 3 For this treti speketh alle of festis I wolle and pray that it be called a Festial [1491 Caxton festiuall]. 1725 T. Hearne R. Mannyng's Chron. Pref. §xvii An excellent MS. of the Book called Festival or Festial. 1893 E. G. Duff Early Printed Bks. 144 Before moving, he had printed, besides the books mentioned above, a Festial and Quattuor Sermones in 1499. 2001 T. Liszka in T. R. Liszka & L. E. Walker North Sea World in Middle Ages xii. 244 The edition is of a festial, that is, a collection of readings for the feasts of the church. Most of these feasts, of course, are saints' days. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). festialadj. rare. Designating a day on which a festival (usually one celebrated by the church) occurs; of or relating to such a festival or day.; = festal adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [adjective] ghostlyOE holyc1000 goodOE solemnc1325 festival1389 festiala1422 feastfulc1425 festal1479 spiritual1491 a1422 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 448 (MED) It is ordeyned þat euery brother and suster schal on þe festial day after mete ben at euesong. 1562 in J. A. Twemlow Liverpool Town Bks. (1918) I. 197 Thiese officers..shall..gyve theyr attendaunce on mayster mayre everie festiell daye and marcket daye. 1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist 461 The Feast and the Covenant were..one federal feasting, or festial covenanting. 1956 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Nuer Relig. 274 However important socially this festial side of sacrifice may be, it is not a sacramental meal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1450adj.a1422 |
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