Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forefeast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: forefeast
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lesser religious festival that leads up to another more significant festival.

Example Sentences

"The two forefeasts of Christmas fall on the previous Sundays […]"
"The typikon of the Evergetis monastery, on the other hand, lists a forefeast and two afterfeasts; […]"
"Liturgical ceremonies of special splendor were enacted not only on feast days but also on the forefeasts and afterfeasts of these events, as seen in the Book of Ceremonies and Typikon of the Great Church."

Etymology

From fore- + feast.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore

Inflected Forms

forefeasts (plural)

Antonyms

afterfeast postfeast

Questions

What does forefeast mean?: A lesser religious festival that leads up to another more significant festival.
Where does forefeast come from?: From fore- + feast.

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