wod • festschrift

festschrift n.
pl. fest·schriften or festschrifts

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 scrban, to write, from Latin scrbere. See skrbh- in Indo-European Roots).]