/sɛˌlʌbɹejˈʃʌnz/ - [selubreyshunz] -
We found 3 definitions of celebrations from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: celebrations |
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celebration - any joyous diversion | ||
festivity | ||
recreation, diversion a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" | ||
agon a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes | ||
jollification, merrymaking, conviviality a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity | ||
feria (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint | ||
festival, fete an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" | ||
gala, gala affair, jamboree, blowout a gay festivity | ||
ludi saeculares, secular games the centennial rites and games of ancient Rome that marked the commencement of a new generation (100 years representing the longest life in a generation); observances may have begun as early as the 5th century BC and lasted well into the Christian era | ||
celebration - the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage" | ||
solemnization, solemnisation | ||
ritual stereotyped behavior | ||
celebration - a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event | ||
jubilation | ||
social function, social occasion, affair, occasion, function a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions" |