Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Festivity

Festivity , noun

[Latin festivitas: compare French festivité.]

1.
The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.
The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth. — Bp. Hurd
2.
A festival; a festive celebration. — Sir T. Browne