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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Festivité,) Festyvyté, n. [ME. (1387) and OF. festivité, L. festīvitas.] Festivity. —c1420 Wynt. v. 56.
Wyth dewote solempnyte And wsuale festyvyte, This tempyle tytlyde wes off Pes
