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There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb celebrate, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. celebrate has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. liturgical (Middle English) ecclesiastical (Middle English) religion (mid 1500s) See meaning & use.
Oct 25, 2017 · celebrate. (v.). mid-15c., "to perform publicly with appropriate rites," originally of the Mass, from Latin celebratus "much-frequented; kept solemn; famous," past participle of celebrare "assemble to honor," also "to publish; sing praises of; practice often," originally "to frequent in great numbers," from celeber "frequented, populous, crowded;" with transferred senses of "well-attended ...
Nov 17, 2022 · celebration. (n.) 1520s, "honoring of a day or season by appropriate festivities," formed in English from celebrate, or else from Latin celebrationem (nominative celebratio) "numerous attendance" (especially upon a festival celebration), noun of action from past-participle stem of celebrare. The meaning "performance of a religious ceremony ...
celebro. Latin (lat) I celebrate, solemnize, hold (a festival); honor, praise, celebrate in song.. I go to a place or person in large numbers or often; throng, frequent, fill.. I practise, employ, exercise, repeat.. I proclaim, publish, make something known. celebrate.
Aug 31, 2024 · celebrate (third-person singular simple present celebrates, present participle celebrating, simple past and past participle celebrated) (transitive) To extol or honour in a solemn manner. Synonym: fete. to celebrate the name of the Most High. 2016 August 7, “Journalism”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 20, John ...
The earliest known use of the noun celebration is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for celebration is from 1483, in a translation by William Caxton, printer, merchant, and diplomat. celebration is of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French.
The word comes from Latin celebratus, which could mean "famous" or "populous" - the former sense also became our word celebrity - and that has an unknown etymology. Before the Latin term was introduced, the Old English word for "celebrate" was freolsian , which roughly translates to "free from labor".
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