Celebration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Celebration	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Celebration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
celebration n a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event Synonym(s): celebration, jubilation any joyous diversion Synonym(s): celebration, festivity the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage" Synonym(s): celebration, solemnization, solemnisation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Celebration \Cel`ebra"tion\, n. [L. celebratio.] The act, process, or time of celebrating. His memory deserving a particular celebration. --Clarendok. Celebration* of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass --Cath. Dict. To hasten the celebration of their marriage. --Sir P. Sidney.