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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Festival \Fes"ti*val\, a. [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive
      jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See Festive.]
      Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a
      festival; joyous; mirthful.
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            I cannot woo in festival terms.          --Shak.
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2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Festi-val \Fes"ti-val\, n.
      A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy,
      civil or religious.
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            The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. --Milton.
      Syn: Feast; banquet; carousal. See Feast.
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