Celebration
Meanings and phrases
n.
- a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event; jubilation
- any joyous diversion; festivity
- the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; solemnization; solemnisation
n.
- a celebration following a victory in a battle or sports competition
E.g.
- Powell House held a 40th anniversary celebration in 2000.
- A 50th anniversary celebration and reunion was held on May 13–14, 2011.
- It opened in 2012, in time for the bridge's 75th anniversary celebration.
E.g.
- Each year a committee chooses a new theme for the annual celebration.
- Juneteenth is an annual celebration recognizing the emancipation of black slaves in Texas.
- The non-profit Olle i Skratthult Project sponsored the annual celebration and the recordings.
E.g.
- The raid was timed for the birthday celebration of Dotcom.
- Another birthday celebration is "Baek-il" (100th-day celebration).
- An 85th birthday celebration was held at the Tech Museum of Innovation.
E.g.
- This was the year of centennial celebration of the poet Muhammad Iqbal.
- The two walk the rest of their way to Jersey and arrive just in time for the church's centennial celebration.
- In 2012 as part of the Canadian Soccer Association's centennial celebration, he was named to the all-time Canada XI men's team.
E.g.
- Exactly during the celebration of "Language Month" (October).
- Then he begins to purchase the stuffs which are needed during the celebration.
- The two angels arrive during the celebration and kill all in attendance, including Glick.
E.g.
- An 85th birthday celebration was held at the Tech Museum of Innovation.
- An impromptu celebration was held, which was reported in the "North Wales Gazette".
- A celebration was held in 2015 at Italy's Senate of the Republic for the 750th anniversary of Dante's birth.
E.g.
- The introduction to the poem notes that among other gods and goddesses, Freyja attends a celebration held by Ægir.
- The fifteenth anniversary overlay quickly followed on April 4, 2009 by Mickey's Magical Party, a "theme year" celebration held at the park.
- This was a lesser celebration held for unspectacular victories, as over slave revolts, and unusual for the destruction of a barbarian horde.