How do you use Festal in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like gay or festive, plus the exact meaning.
Festal in a sentence
Festal meaning
festive, relating to a festival or feast
Using Festal
- The main meaning on this page is: festive, relating to a festival or feast
- Useful related words include: gay, festive, merry, joyous.
- In the example corpus, festal often appears in combinations such as: festal psalms, his festal, festal letter.
Context around Festal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Festal
- In this selection, "festal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 32.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, annual, same, psalms, letter and letters stand out and add context to how "festal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include his annual festal letters in and in his festal letter. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "festal" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with festal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Following this reform, the entire Psalter is again generally recited each week, with the festal psalms restricted to only the highest-ranking feasts. (23 words)
Athanasius did, however, remain in contact with his people through his annual Festal Letters, in which he also announced on which date Easter would be celebrated that year. (28 words)
Perhaps his most notable letter was his Festal Letter, written to his Church in Alexandria when he was in exile, as he could not be in their presence. (28 words)
The establishment of the canon was not a unilateral decision by a bishop in Alexandria, but the result of a process of careful investigation and deliberation, as documented in a codex of the Greek Bible and, twenty-seven years later, in his festal letter. (44 words)
Psalms Before the 1911 reform, the multiplication of saints' festivals, with practically the same festal psalms, tended to repeat the about one-third of the Psalter, with a correspondingly rare recital of the remaining two-thirds. (36 words)
It is possible that the Church from which Clement sent his epistle had included a festal homily to share in one economical post, thus the homily became known as the Second Epistle of Clement. (34 words)
Example sentences (6)
Athanasius did, however, remain in contact with his people through his annual Festal Letters, in which he also announced on which date Easter would be celebrated that year.
Following this reform, the entire Psalter is again generally recited each week, with the festal psalms restricted to only the highest-ranking feasts.
It is possible that the Church from which Clement sent his epistle had included a festal homily to share in one economical post, thus the homily became known as the Second Epistle of Clement.
Perhaps his most notable letter was his Festal Letter, written to his Church in Alexandria when he was in exile, as he could not be in their presence.
Psalms Before the 1911 reform, the multiplication of saints' festivals, with practically the same festal psalms, tended to repeat the about one-third of the Psalter, with a correspondingly rare recital of the remaining two-thirds.
The establishment of the canon was not a unilateral decision by a bishop in Alexandria, but the result of a process of careful investigation and deliberation, as documented in a codex of the Greek Bible and, twenty-seven years later, in his festal letter.
Common combinations with festal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: