agape love feast | a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship |
feast | something experienced with great delight, a feast for the eyes |
fete feast fiesta | an elaborate party (often outdoors) |
banquet feast spread | a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed, a banquet for the graduating seniors, the Thanksgiving feast, they put out quite a spread |
love feast | a social gathering intended to create goodwill among the participants |
Revolutionary Organization November November | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Greece that is violently opposed to imperialism and capitalism and NATO and the United States, an active terrorist group during the s |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Mormon Church Mormons | church founded by Joseph Smith inwith headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah |
banquet feast | a ceremonial dinner party for many people |
Saint Kitts and Nevis Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Christopher-Nevis St. Christopher-Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis | a country on several of the Leeward Islands, located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico, achieved independence from the United Kingdom in |
Saint Christopher St. Christopher Saint Kitts St. Kitts | the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis |
Arrhenius Svante August Arrhenius | Swedish chemist and physicist noted for his theory of chemical dissociation (-) |
Carson Kit Carson Christopher Carson | United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions in the s and served as a Union general in the American Civil War (-) |
Christopher Saint Christopher St. Christopher | Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (rd century) |
Columbus Christopher Columbus Cristoforo Colombo Cristobal Colon | Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (-) |
Erlenmeyer Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer | German chemist (-) |
Froebel Friedrich Froebel Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel | German educator who founded the kindergarten system (-) |
Fry Christopher Fry | English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born ) |
Handy W. C. Handy William Christopher Handy | United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (-) |
Hayek Friedrich August von Hayek | English economist (born in Austria) noted for work on the optimum allocation of resources (-) |
Hoffmann August Wilhelm von Hoffmann | German chemist (-) |
Isherwood Christopher Isherwood Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood | United States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (-) |
Kekule Friedrich August Kekule Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz | German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (-) |
Marlowe Christopher Marlowe | English poet and playwright who introduced blank verse as a form of dramatic expression, was stabbed to death in a tavern brawl (-) |
Mobius August F. Mobius August Ferdinand Mobius | German mathematician responsible for the Mobius strip (-) |
Nielsen Carl Nielsen Carl August Nielsen | Danish composer (-) |
Parker Charlie Parker Yardbird Parker Bird Parker Charles Christopher Parker | United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (-) |
Strindberg August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg | Swedish dramatist and novelist (-) |
Wassermann August von Wassermann | German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (-) |
Weismann August Friedrich Leopold Weismann | German biologist who was one of the founders of modern genetics, his theory of genetic transmission ruled out the possibility of transmitting acquired characteristics (-) |
Wolf Friedrich August Wolf | German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (-) |
Wren Sir Christopher Wren | English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (-) |
baneberry cohosh herb Christopher | a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries |
American red plum August plum goose plum Prunus americana | wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh |
today | the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow), Today is beautiful, did you see today's newspaper? |
November | anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot |
feast day fete day | a day designated for feasting |
Succoth Sukkoth Succos Feast of Booths Feast of Tabernacles Tabernacles | a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during theiryears in the wilderness |
V-J Day August | the date of Allied victory over Japan, World War II |
movable feast moveable feast | a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years |
Martinmas St Martin's Day November | the feast of Saint Martin, a quarter day in Scotland |
Lammas Lammas Day August | commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison, a quarter day in Scotland, a harvest festival in England |
Circumcision Feast of the Circumcision January | (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus, celebrated on January st |
Saints Peter and Paul June | first celebrated in the rd century |
Assumption Assumption of Mary August | celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended, corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church |
Dormition Feast of Dormition | celebration in the Eastern Orthodox Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended, corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic Church and is also celebrated on August th |
All Saints' Day Allhallows November Hallowmas Hallowmass | a Christian feast day honoring all the saints, first observed in |
All Souls' Day November | a day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory |
Passover Pesach Pesah Feast of the Unleavened Bread | (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally days from Nissan ) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt |
Shavous Shabuoth Shavuoth Shavuot Pentecost Feast of Weeks | (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments |
b Hanukkah Hanukah Hannukah Chanukah Chanukkah Channukah Channukkah Festival of Lights Feast of Lights Feast of Dedication Feast of the Dedication | (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in BC |