The Feast of Trumpets
Preserved but no longer current.
A Jewish festival, held on the first two days of Tisri (about mid Sept. to mid Oct.), the beginning of the ecclesiastical year, at which the blowing of trumpets formed a prominent part of the ritual. See Num. xxix, 1.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “The Feast of Trumpets” mean?
A Jewish festival, held on the first two days of Tisri (about mid Sept. to mid Oct.), the beginning of the ecclesiastical year, at which the blowing of trumpets formed a prominent part of the ritual. See Num. xxix, 1.
Is “The Feast of Trumpets” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.