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Movable feast   /mˈuvəbəl fist/   Listen
adjective
Movable  adj.  
1.
Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine. (Also spelled moveable)
Synonyms: transferable, transferrable, transportable.
2.
Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year.
Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.
Movable feast (Ecclesiastical), a holy day that changes date, depending on the lunar cycle. An example of such a day is Easter.





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"Movable feast" Quotes from Famous Books



... week-day regime of the family was deranged, and breakfast was a movable feast, to be had any time after seven or before half-past nine. As Victorine was pouring the ice-water, Mr. Bessemer himself came in, and addressed himself at once to his meal, without so much as a thought ...
— Blix • Frank Norris


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