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DAY OF ATONEMENT
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I. (noun)
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
Synonyms:
Day of Atonement; Yom Kippur
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Day of Atonement" 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)
