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THAMMUZ
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July)
Synonyms:
Tammuz; Thammuz
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Thammuz" is a kind of...):
Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)
Holonyms ("Thammuz" is a part of...):
Hebrew calendar; Jewish calendar ((Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years)