Sentence examples for feast giving from inspiring English sources

God instead provided him with a sheep, and Muslims who can afford to do so slaughter a sheep or other animal for a feast, giving a third of the meat to the poor.

The number of grades and their names, as well as the name of the system itself, varied from place to place, but in all areas the grade ceremonies included the sacrifice of pigs or boars, feast giving, and the production of physical memorials.

This interactive multi-screen feast gives a flavour of the Games' occasionally controversial promiscuity.

Then Mama blessed her and the baby and, in lieu of a celebratory feast, gave Ogechi one free meat pie.

A crime was absolved by payment in kind, for example, or by a reconciliation feast given to the aggrieved person.

Things rarely work that way, of course, as feast gives way to famine and -- just occasionally -- vice versa.

Perhaps you've been invited to a Burns Supper Tuesday, an annual feast given to celebrate the birth of the Scottish poet Robert Burns on Jan . 25 , 1759

The government also banned the potlatch, an important ceremonial feast given by a chief to conduct business, perform rituals, and garner prestige by distributing gifts.

While details of the new production have not yet been announced, it's fair to expect a visual feast given Taymor's reputation for lavish design.

But for whatever reason (I like to think it's because the last feast gave Her Majesty a gippy tummy and Prince Philip refuses to spend another night holding her hair back) this isn't the case.

From the modest to the opulent: Asitane, a white-cloth establishment with a terrace under the almond trees at the back of the Kariye Hotel, offers not just rare Ottoman cuisine, but actual dishes from a feast given in 1539 by Suleiman the Magnificent to celebrate the circumcision of his two sons (which may not sound too appetizing, but the dishes are sumptuous enough for an emperor).