Yom Kippur
Jewish holiday on which people fast and pray to atone for their sins
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
Noun
1. (Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic Law
(synonym) Day of Atonement
(hypernym) High Holy Day, High Holiday
(classification) Judaism
Yom Kippur
Synonyms and related words:
Day of Atonement, Fast of Av, Feast of Tabernacles, Feast of Weeks, Hanukkah, High Holy Days, Lent, New Year, Ninth of Av, Passover, Pentecost, Pesach, Purim, Quadragesima, Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah, Shabuoth, Simhath Torah, Sukkoth, asceticism, cold purgatorial fires, fast day, fasting, flagellation, hair shirt, jour maigre, lustration, maceration, mortification, penance, penitence, penitential act, penitential exercise, purgation, purgatory, repentance, sackcloth and ashes
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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