movable feastn.

Brit.

/ˌmuːvəbl ˈfiːst/, U.S.

/ˌmuvəb(ə)l ˈfist/

Forms: see movable adj. and n. and feast n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: movable adj. and n., feast n.

Etymology: < movable adj. and n. + feast n., probably after Old French festes movables (plural, 1303 in one isolated attestation; compare French fête mobile (1636)).

1. A religious feast day which, though always on the same day of the week, does not occur on the same calendar date each year.Easter is the most important movable feast of the Christian Church, and most other movable feasts in the ecclesiastical calendar are dependent on its date. (On the system for fixing the date of Easter, see Easter n.¹ 1a.)

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > varying in date

movable feasta1325

movable festival1694

a1325 Lent (Corpus Cambr.) 5 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 128 (MED) Þis beoþ vif festen mouable.

?1430 in J. O. Halliwell Rara Mathematica (1839) 92 Þe table of þe 5 festes moveyabylle.

c1440 Astron. Cal. (Ashm. 391) (MED) Than foloweþ a noþer table of all mouable feestes.

1588 A. King tr. St. Peter Canisius Catech. in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 205 Twa tables of the mouable festis for 48 yeres to cum.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Postventional Full Moon, that Full Moon which comes after any grand movable Feast, or Planetary Aspect.

1734 D. Campbell (title) Time's Telescope Universal and Perpetual, fitted for all Countries and Capacities. Containing perpetual tables fitted to the old and new stile; shewing the moveable and fixed feasts, [etc.].

1774 A. Butler (title) The moveable feasts, fasts, and other annual observances of the Catholic Church.

1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 189 Shrove Tuesday regulates most of the moveable feasts.

1892 Science 20 214/1 The intention was to fix the time of Easter as nearly as a movable feast could be fixed.

1949 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 14 63/2 Easter..became and remains a movable feast.

1990 T. Ruprecht Toronto's Many Faces 372 Shrove Tuesday..is a movable feast commemorating the last day before the beginning of Lent.

2. In extended use: anything which may appear, occur, etc., at varying times or dates.Sometimes used humorously of an actual feast or meal.

ΚΠ

1852 Sartain's Union Mag. 10 161/1 Our promised supper that night was a moveable feast, which receded in our slow progress.

1882 W. D. Howells Mod. Instance vi. 72 Morrison's spree was a movable feast, and recurred at irregular intervals.

1950 E. Hemingway Across the River & Into the Trees in Cosmopolitan Feb. 164/2 Happiness, as you know, is a movable feast.

1977 J. Weeks Coming Out xvii. 219 Gay Marxist, a movable feast of a journal which appeared in five issues.

1990 R. Pilcher September xii. 135 The arrival of the morning post at Croy was a movable feast.

2001 New Jersey Countryside Autumn 28/2 Friday evening..will feature The Movable Feast, a strolling gourmet delight with hors d'oeuvres, wine..and dessert.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	movable feast
释义	movable feastn. Brit. /ˌmuːvəbl ˈfiːst/, U.S. /ˌmuvəb(ə)l ˈfist/ Forms: see movable adj. and n. and feast n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: movable adj. and n., feast n. Etymology: < movable adj. and n. + feast n., probably after Old French festes movables (plural, 1303 in one isolated attestation; compare French fête mobile (1636)). 1. A religious feast day which, though always on the same day of the week, does not occur on the same calendar date each year.Easter is the most important movable feast of the Christian Church, and most other movable feasts in the ecclesiastical calendar are dependent on its date. (On the system for fixing the date of Easter, see Easter n.¹ 1a.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > varying in date movable feasta1325 movable festival1694 a1325 Lent (Corpus Cambr.) 5 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 128 (MED) Þis beoþ vif festen mouable. ?1430 in J. O. Halliwell Rara Mathematica (1839) 92 Þe table of þe 5 festes moveyabylle. c1440 Astron. Cal. (Ashm. 391) (MED) Than foloweþ a noþer table of all mouable feestes. 1588 A. King tr. St. Peter Canisius Catech. in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 205 Twa tables of the mouable festis for 48 yeres to cum. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Postventional Full Moon, that Full Moon which comes after any grand movable Feast, or Planetary Aspect. 1734 D. Campbell (title) Time's Telescope Universal and Perpetual, fitted for all Countries and Capacities. Containing perpetual tables fitted to the old and new stile; shewing the moveable and fixed feasts, [etc.]. 1774 A. Butler (title) The moveable feasts, fasts, and other annual observances of the Catholic Church. 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 189 Shrove Tuesday regulates most of the moveable feasts. 1892 Science 20 214/1 The intention was to fix the time of Easter as nearly as a movable feast could be fixed. 1949 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 14 63/2 Easter..became and remains a movable feast. 1990 T. Ruprecht Toronto's Many Faces 372 Shrove Tuesday..is a movable feast commemorating the last day before the beginning of Lent. 2. In extended use: anything which may appear, occur, etc., at varying times or dates.Sometimes used humorously of an actual feast or meal. ΚΠ 1852 Sartain's Union Mag. 10 161/1 Our promised supper that night was a moveable feast, which receded in our slow progress. 1882 W. D. Howells Mod. Instance vi. 72 Morrison's spree was a movable feast, and recurred at irregular intervals. 1950 E. Hemingway Across the River & Into the Trees in Cosmopolitan Feb. 164/2 Happiness, as you know, is a movable feast. 1977 J. Weeks Coming Out xvii. 219 Gay Marxist, a movable feast of a journal which appeared in five issues. 1990 R. Pilcher September xii. 135 The arrival of the morning post at Croy was a movable feast. 2001 New Jersey Countryside Autumn 28/2 Friday evening..will feature The Movable Feast, a strolling gourmet delight with hors d'oeuvres, wine..and dessert. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1325
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