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Immovable feasts

Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, a.

  1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundation.

    Immovable, infixed, and frozen round.
    --Milton.

  2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remains immovable.

  3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive.
    --Dryden.

  4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n.
    --Blackstone.

    Immovable apparatus (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place.

    Immovable feasts (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc.