birthfeast

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From birth +‎ feast

Noun[edit]

birthfeast (plural birthfeasts)

  1. A feast held to celebrate a birthday.
    • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 21:
      The birthfeast of Mithra was held in Rome on the 8th day before the Kalends of January, being also the day of the Circassian games, which were sacred to the Sun.
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