Yom Kippur

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(Jewish Antiq.) the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri), according to the rites described in Leviticus xvi. Also called Day of Atonement.

Noun

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Yom Kippur - (Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic Law Synonyms: Day of Atonement

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