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movable feast

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movable feast
n.
A religious holiday, such as Easter, that changes in date from year to year.
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Noun1.movable feast - a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years
feast day, fete day - a day designated for feasting
Easter - a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
Feast of the Unleavened Bread, Passover, Pesach, Pesah - (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt


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Soderholm directs Movable Feast Resources (moveablefeastresources.
The April monthly data was the first set of figures this year which did not suffer from the distorting effect of China's Lunar New Year holiday, a movable feast which fell in January this year, making yearly and monthly comparisons tricky.
 
 
 
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