English Explanatory Dictionary

double feast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of certain feast days ranked above simples and semidoubles.

Word forms

double feast double feasts

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly because either the antiphon or the matins took place twice on such days.

Synonyms

double
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