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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A volume of learned articles or essays by colleagues and admirers, serving as a tribute or memorial especially to a scholar.

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  1. n. A tribute or memorial volume filled with essays and articles by admirers in memory of a colleague. A comparable book presented posthumously is called a Gedenkschrift ("memorial publication").

Etymologies

  1. Borrowing from German Festschrift, from Fest (“festival, celebration”) +‎ Schrift (“writing, something written”), the latter from Middle High German schrift, from Old High German scrift, from the Middle High German infinitive schrîben (compare schreiben), from Latin scribere, from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ- (Wiktionary)
  2. German : Fest, festival; + Schrift, writing (from Middle High German schrift, from Old High German scrift, from scrīban, to write, from Latin scrībere). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • seanahan A volume of essays in tribute to someone. Oct 3, 2007

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