Meaning of CELEBRATION
| Pronunciation: | | `selu'breyshun
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- [n] any joyous diversion
- [n] the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage"
- [n] a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event
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| | Synonyms: | | festivity, jubilation, solemnisation, solemnization |
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| | See Also: | | affair, blowout, conviviality, diversion, festival, fete, function, gala, gala affair, Isthmian Games, jamboree, jollification, merrymaking, occasion, Olympian Games, Olympic Games, recreation, ritual, social function, social occasion, victory celebration | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cel`e*bra"tion\, n. [L. celebratio.]
The act, process, or time of celebrating.
His memory deserving a particular celebration.
--Clarendok.
Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass
--Cath. Dict.
To hasten the celebration of their marriage. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming of a celebration, represents your achievement toward a higher level of growth. This dream may also be a self-congratulatory one for the goals you have achieved and for the recognition you have gained. You may be honoring some victory, success, or accomplishment. Alternatively, to dream of a celebration, symbolizes freedom and emotional release. Celebration dreams are common for those who anticipate some upcoming turning points or events in their waking life. |
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| | Related Terms: | | agape, asperges, aspersion, auricular confession, baccalaureate service, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, banquet, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, bat, bender, binge, bout, bust, carousal, carouse, ceremonial, ceremonialism, ceremony, circumcision, commemoration, commencement, compotation, confession, confirmation, convocation, cult, cultism, cultus, debauch, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, elation, empty formality, escapade, exercise, exercises, exultation, feast, festivity, fete, fling, formal, formalism, formality, frolic, function, gala, graduation, graduation exercises, guzzle, hallowing, high celebration, hoopla, inaugural, inauguration, incense, initiation, invocation, invocation of saints, jag, joyance, jubilance, jubilation, jubilee, kiss of peace, lark, lesser litany, litany, liturgics, liturgiology, liturgism, liturgy, love feast, lustration, mad round, memorialization, merriment, merrymaking, mummery, observance, observation, office, orgy, party, pax, performance, ploy, potation, praising, processional, pub-crawl, randan, randy, raucous happiness, reciting the rosary, regale, regalement, rejoicing, religious ceremony, revel, revelment, revelry, rite, rite de passage, rite of passage, ritual, ritualism, rituality, ritualization, round of pleasures, Sabbatarianism, sabbatism, sacramentalism, sacramentarianism, sanctification, service, show of joy, solemn observance, solemnity, solemnization, spree, symbolics, symbolism, symposium, tear, telling of beads, the confessional, the confessionary, toot, treat, triumph, wassail, whoopee, wingding |
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