movable feast
Date-shifting celebration
A movable feast is a religious holiday that falls on different calendar dates each year, most notably Easter, which shifts according to lunar cycles.
The phrase extends to any occasion without a fixed time: Our family reunion is a movable feast—whenever everyone can make it.
Hemingway's memoir *A Movable Feast* used the phrase to suggest portable pleasures.
Resurrection commemoration day
- PassoverFestival of liberation
- RamadanNinth Islamic month
- LentChristian fasting season
- PurimAdar feast day
Shavuot · Sukkot · Vesak · Eid al-Fitr · Eid al-Adha · Pentecost · Whitsun · Corpus Christi
- ParisFrance's chief city
- memoirWritten personal recollection
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
reminiscence · autobiography · Lost Generation · 1920s · café culture · artistic life · bohemian · reflection
Sacred date for worship
- observanceKeeping of customs
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
vigil · solemnity · church calendar · Christian · Jewish · Islamic · Buddhist · sacred time
Formal celebratory meal
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- potluckCommunal meal, shared contributions
- buffetSelf-service meal display
communal meal · sharing · hospitality · convivial · portable · traveling · progressive dinner
Easter
Resurrection commemoration day
Purim · Shavuot · Sukkot · Vesak · Eid al-Fitr · Eid al-Adha · Pentecost · Whitsun · Corpus Christi · Ash Wednesday
Hemingway
- ParisFrance's chief city
- memoirWritten personal recollection
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
nostalgia · reminiscence · autobiography · Lost Generation · 1920s · café culture · artistic life · bohemian · reflection · bittersweet
holy day
Sacred date for worship
- observanceKeeping of customs
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- liturgyFormal worship structure
fasting · vigil · solemnity · church calendar · Christian · Jewish · Islamic · Buddhist · sacred time · devotion
banquet
Formal celebratory meal
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- potluckCommunal meal, shared contributions
buffet · communal meal · sharing · hospitality · convivial · portable · traveling · progressive dinner
movable feastChristmas
Winter nativity celebration
All Saints' Day · Assumption · saints' days · saint's day · Annunciation
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