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FEAST OF LIGHTS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Feast of Lights mean?
• FEAST OF LIGHTS (noun)
The noun FEAST OF LIGHTS has 1 sense:
1. (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
Familiarity information: FEAST OF LIGHTS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Channukah; Channukkah; Chanukah; Chanukkah; Feast of Dedication; Feast of Lights; Feast of the Dedication; Festival of Lights; Hannukah; Hanukah; Hanukkah
Hypernyms ("Feast of Lights" is a kind of...):
Jewish holy day (a religious holiday for Jews)
Domain category:
Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)
Holonyms ("Feast of Lights" is a part of...):
Chislev; Kislev (the third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December))
Tebet; Tevet (the fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January))
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