ceilidhs

variants also ceilis
plural of ceilidh, Scottish & Irish

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Noun
  • Born in Pamplona, Spain, in 1951, Bergasa was known for his black-and-white documentary photographs of rural festivals and rituals at risk of erasure.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The founding festivals of the Academy were Sarajevo Film Festival, Zagreb Film Festival and the Auteur Film Festival in Belgrade.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Young Hindoyan was particularly captivated by Jascha Heifetz’s violin sound and by the codas in every first movement of Bruckner’s symphonies.
    — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • For more than a half-century, the multivenue complex has featured world-class symphonies, operas, dance and theater performances, along with education programs.
    — E. Andrew Taylor, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The 24-piece box comes with miniature jars of jams and spreads like fig and cardamom, caramel and dark chocolate, rhubarb and strawberry, apricot and honey, and more.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Drink Cider at an Apple Orchard Venture 20 minutes south of Galena to Orchard Landing Apple Farm to pick 14 kinds of apples apples, sample hard cider, and grab some jams, jellies, and cider donuts to go.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 14 Oct. 2026
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“Ceilidhs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ceilidhs. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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