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revelry

noun (no plural)

«revelry» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Revelry is noisy, happy partying with dancing, feasting and music. tree →

In the lessons

in tales a town or hall is full of festive noise, music and dancing

Examples

  • The city was full of revelry. tree →
  • Comus was the god of banquets and revelry. tree →
  • Dancing and revelry began in the evening. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Loud wild feasting and drinking by the rich and careless.

Interpretation. Amos warns that the comfortable who ignore justice will be the first exiled, and tradition teaches that reveling does not last.

Examples

  • Therefore now shall they go captive at the head of them that go captive, and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away. (Prophets AMO.6.7, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

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