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prefeast en · ADJ

Etymology

From pre- + feast.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Before a feast.
    • Many Lubavitch weddings serve just a few pickups before the main meal, maybe some knishes and some egg rolls. Others go all out. The Kassins offered up a prefeast feast. 2003, Stephanie Wellen Levine, Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers, page 153:

prefeast en · NOUN

Etymology

From pre- + feast.

Meanings

  1. A feast held before an event.
    • Like the previous holy day, this one too has a prefeast. 2002, Solia: The Herald, volume 67, page 3:

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