festal
Speech parts
1. festal - Adjective
2. festal - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive.
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a festive (or festal) occasion
gay and exciting night life
a merry evening
Following this reform, the entire Psalter is again generally recited each week, with the festal psalms restricted to only the highest-ranking feasts.
Psalms Before the 1911 reform, the multiplication of saints' festivals, with practically the same festal psalms, tended to repeat the about one-third of the Psalter, with a correspondingly rare recital of the remaining two-thirds.
It is possible that the Church from which Clement sent his epistle had included a festal homily to share in one economical post, thus the homily became known as the Second Epistle of Clement.