prefeast

adj, noun — 2 senses

prefeast

adj

Etymology From pre- + feast.

1

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

noun

Etymology From pre- + feast.

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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