Complete Definition of "festschrift"

English

Etymology
From German Festschrift ("festschrift"), from Fest, festival and Schrift, writing, from Middle High German Schrift, from Old High German Scrift, from scrban, to write, from Latin scribere, from an Indo-European Root believed to be skrbh-.

Noun
festschrift (plural festschrifts, festschriften )

  1. A tribute or memorial volume filled with essays and articles by admirers in memory of a (typically deceased) colleague.

#*2002 Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa
#: I do not have the opportunity here because of the extent of time to go through the whole text but it will be published in English if anyone is interested in the festschrift for Prima Niles retirement as General Secretary of the Council for World Mission, so if anyone is interested it will come there.

Translations
German: Festschrift f

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