Totum duplex
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Totum duplex is the highest rank for an ecclesiastical feast
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....

 in the Dominican breviary
Dominican Rite
The Dominican Rite is the unique rite of the Dominican Order of the Roman Catholic Church. It has been classified differently by different sources - some consider it a usage of the Roman Rite, others a variant of the Gallican Rite, and still others a form of the Roman Rite into which Gallican...

. Other ranks are Duplex, Semiduplex and Simplex.

Respective highest ranks in other breviaries are:
  • Roman: Festum duplex
  • Cistercian: Festum sermonis majus
  • Carmelite: Duplex majus
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