The feast of ded-ication of charches, or rather the feast day of the saint and patron of tt church, which was celebrated not only by the inhabitants of the place, but by those of all the neighboring villages, who usually eame thither; nnd such assemblies were allowed as lawful, it was usual for the people to feast aud to drink on those days. Cowell
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
