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YOM KIPPUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Yom Kippur mean?
• YOM KIPPUR (noun)
The noun YOM KIPPUR has 1 sense:
1. (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law
Familiarity information: YOM KIPPUR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Day of Atonement; Yom Kippur
Hypernyms ("Yom Kippur" is a kind of...):
major fast day (one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar)
High Holiday; High Holy Day (Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity)
Domain category:
Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)
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