prefeast

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ feast

Adjective[edit]

prefeast (not comparable)

  1. Before a feast.
    • 2003, Stephanie Wellen Levine, Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers, page 153:
      Many Lubavitch weddings serve just a few pickups before the main meal, maybe some knishes and some egg rolls. Others go all out. The Kassins offered up a prefeast feast.

Noun[edit]

prefeast (plural prefeasts)

  1. A feast held before an event.
    • 2002, Solia: The Herald, volume 67, page 3:
      Like the previous holy day, this one too has a prefeast.