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Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A volume of learned articles or essays by colleagues and admirers, serving as a tribute or memorial especially to a scholar.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- German : Fest, festival; see fest + Schrift, writing (from Middle High German schrift, from Old High German scrift, from scrīban, to write, from Latin scrībere; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots).
Examples
“Participants will examine Siegler's work and influence on the field in a traditional European "festschrift," in which a scholar's colleagues and trainees honor him with a discussion of his work-in this case, the intellectual contributions to clinical ethics and the study of the doctor-patient relationship.”
“My article is freely online, so you should read it and all of the other great pieces in that issue, which was a festschrift for Eugenie C.”
“To describe all the sordid details of what it took to get TWS to adopt a position on economic growth is beyond the scope of a festschrift (or maybe anything in print).”
Herman Daly Festschrift~ May There Be Dalyists~ Politics for a Steady State Economy
“The fact that he is widely recognized as a good fellow in addition to a scholar should not be lost in a festschrift.”
Herman Daly Festschrift~ May There Be Dalyists~ Politics for a Steady State Economy
“When she retired twenty years later, her students and colleagues honored her with a festschrift, The Aegean and the Near East.”
“Here will gather a few of Anne's many friends and colleagues to celebrate her life with collected essays published as a festschrift both online and in print.”
“White gave the paper at the conference in honor of Morton Horwitz, and it will appear as a chapter in the next volume of the festschrift from the Harvard University Press.”
“Sylvia tells me there is a name for something like this: festschrift.”
“A festschrift can be like a witness protection pr...”
“The natural history of Oman: A festschrift for Michael Gallagher.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘festschrift’.
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Five Consecutive Consonants
A list of words containing five consecutive consonants
I do not include words containing "y" as part of the 5-letter string, since that letter invariably functions as a vowel, as in rhythm. <...heartstricken, heartstruck, wellspring, offspring, yachtsman, worthwhile, backstretch, backstroke, downstream, downstroke, breaststroke, birthstone and 187 more...
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Six Consecutive Consonants
List of words such as catchphrase containing six consecutive consonants.
bergschrund, Brennschluss, catchphrase, lightstruck, sightscreen, watchspring, weltschmerz, festschrift, latchstring, Eschscholtzia, sightscreens, watchsprings and 1 more...
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Reading Materials
Names of printed materials meant to be read - for worship, pleasure, information, recitation; out of curiosity, or, in the case of adverts, to get our attention and sway our spending choices.
lectionary, epistolary, reading-book, novel, Bildungsroman, short story, billboard, advertisement, Sunday comics, obituaries, book of hours, primer and 66 more...
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Collections
Have I made this list before? Has someone else collected these words together? I can't remember, so I'm just going to start storing some things here.
collection, omnium-gatherum, sylloge, antiphonary, anthology, bestiary, cartulary, dossier, sampler, assortment, variety, hodgepodge and 61 more...
seanahan A volume of essays in tribute to someone. Oct 3, 2007