▪ I. † ˈfestial, n. Obs.
[ad. med.L. festiālis (perh. error for festīvālis), in many MSS. of the original work translated by Caxton.]
= festival n. 2.
| 1483 Caxton Liber Fest. Prol., I will and pray that it be called a Festial [ed. 1491 festiuall]. 1725 Hearne R. Brunne Pref. §xvii, An excellent MS. of the Book called Festival or Festial. |
▪ II. † ˈfestial, a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. L. festum (see feast n.) + -ial.]
Pertaining to a feast.
| 1737 Waterland Eucharist 461 The Feast and the Covenant were..one federal feasting, or festial covenanting. |