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[ verb ] celebrate, as of holidays or rites
Examples "Keep the commandments" "celebrate Christmas" "Observe Yom Kippur" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)On my first Guy_Fawkes_Day here , I found Catholics as well as non Catholics celebrating with the traditional fireworks and bonfires , and was told that most Englishmen either do not know or are not concerned with the historical significance of the day . A Catholic priest recently recounted how in the chapel of a large city_university , following Anglican evensong , at which there was a congregation of twelve , he celebrated Mass before more_than a_hundred . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)The place was evidently a familiar haunt and Claire wondered what other illicit loves had been celebrated in the comfortable rooms to which they were shown . Related terms commemorate mourn solemnize ceremony celebration celebrant celebration |
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[ verb ] have a celebration
Synonyms Examples "They were feting the patriarch of the family" "After the exam, the students were celebrating" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)It was the first of two doubles by Robinson , who was in a mood to celebrate . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)Joel went_to the crest of a hill behind the house and lit an enormous victory bonfire to celebrate . |
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[ verb ] assign great social importance to
Examples "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood" "The tenor was lionized in Vienna" Used in print (Life BR-C16. Saturday Review, 44:15 (April 15, 1961)...)The mule is honored at Benson , N._C. ( Sept. 22 , 23 ) and at Boron , Calif. ( Sept. 24 - Oct. 1 ) , while the legend of the Maid of the Mist is celebrated at Niagara_Falls through the 24 th . |
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