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celebrations


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Term Type

Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Preferred Term

celebrations

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Events demonstrating grateful or happy satisfaction or honor, marked by festivities, refraining from ordinary business, or other deviations from accustomed routine. For events serving specifically to call someone or something to remembrance, use "commemorations."

Variations

celebration

Narrower Terms

feasts

festivals

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