The phrase "a major feast" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a large and significant meal, often associated with celebrations or special occasions.
Example: "The family gathered for a major feast to celebrate the holiday season, with tables overflowing with delicious dishes."
Alternatives: "a grand banquet" or "a lavish meal".
As the emblem of a major feast day, this version of the Nativity figured prominently, usually in its most complicated form, in the liturgical iconography of Byzantine church decoration.
Monday is the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, a major feast day for the Catholic Church, during which the pope will bestow a woolen pallium, or scarf, on all of the archbishops he has recently appointed.
The Christmas stints at Ronnie Scott's club in London became a major feast in the calendar of British jazz, and he often appeared at the Brecon jazz festival, near his home in Wales.
In London, the Christmas stints at Ronnie Scott's became a major feast in the calendar of British jazz, and he often appeared at the Brecon Jazz Festival near his home in Wales.
But when the time comes to hold a major feast of thanksgiving to the deity who granted their prayers, they go to a great deal of extra trouble and added expense to hold this feast at the more remote place of Banjari.
His feast day is designated as a major feast day, and is included along with those of a number of other early Canterbury archbishops in the Bosworth Psalter.
1170; "Great Book of Organum"), probably by Léonin, or Leoninus, the first major composer known by name, who set chant melodies for the Graduals, Alleluias, and Responsories of the masses for all major feasts.
"I think that Life of Pi is going to be regarded as a major visual feast by the visual-delight-for-the-sake-of-visual-delight crowd," said Jeffrey Wells, of Hollywood Elsewhere, but "as a non-starter by a significant portion of the family audience … and as a respectable also-ran in the best picture contest".
In some respects, they may maintain a sort of vestigial religiosity; perhaps they still go to Mass on the major feast days, but this rudimentary faith long ago ceased to permeate their lives, and it has no bearing on their everyday routine.
Today, there are major feast day dances, sites to visit and the San Lorenzo de Picuris church built in 1776.
The celebration of this event, called Easter, or the Festival of the Resurrection, is the major feast day of the church.
