1. (

• observe ,
• celebrate ,
• keep ,

) behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur" ;

2. (

• celebrate ,
• fete

) have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" ;

3. (

• lionize ,
• lionise ,
• celebrate ,

) assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna" ;

1. (

• celebrated ,
• famed ,
• far-famed ,
• famous ,
• illustrious ,
• notable ,
• noted ,
• renowned

) widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" ;

2. (

• celebrated ,
• historied ,
• storied

) having an illustrious past ;