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celebration

noun

1 celebration

A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event.

synonym: jubilation.

Roget 998: rite; ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial; ordinance, observance, function, duty; form, formulary; solemnity, sacrament; incantation ... show more

Roget 883: celebration, solemnization, jubilee, commemoration, ovation, paean, triumph, jubilation, ceremony (rite) 998; holiday, fiesta, zarabanda, ... show more

Roget 873: distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation" [As You Like It], ... show more

Dutch: viering, feest

2 celebration

Any joyous diversion.

synonym: festivity.

Dutch: vreugde, feestelijkheid, festiviteit

3 celebration

The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual:
— The celebration of marriage.

synonyms: solemnisation, solemnization.

Dutch: feest, viering, festiviteit
Polish: celebracja, celebra


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