[fest-shrift] 
[-shrif-tuh
n] , -schrifts. | (often initial capital letter) a volume of articles, essays, etc., contributed by many authors in honor of a colleague, usually published on the occasion of retirement, an important anniversary, or the like. |
| fest·schrift (fěst'shrĭft') n. pl. fest·schrif·ten (-shrĭf'tən) or fest·schrifts A volume of learned articles or essays by colleagues and admirers, serving as a tribute or memorial especially to a scholar. [German : Fest, festival; see fest + Schrift, writing (from Middle High German schrift, from Old High German scrift, from scrīban, to write, from Latin scrībere; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots).] |