fast day

  • 11fast day — noun (C) a day when you do not eat any food, especially for religious reasons …

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  • 12fast-day — A day of fasting and penitence, or of mortification by religious abstinence …

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  • 13fast-day — A day of fasting and penitence, or of mortification by religious abstinence …

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  • 14major fast day — noun one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar • Hypernyms: ↑fast day • Hyponyms: ↑Yom Kippur, ↑Day of Atonement, ↑Tishah b Av, ↑Tishah b Ab, ↑Tisha b Av, ↑Tisha b Ab …

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  • 15minor fast day — noun one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar • Hypernyms: ↑fast day • Hyponyms: ↑Fast of Gedaliah, ↑Fast of Tevet, ↑Fast of Esther, ↑Fast of the Firstborn, ↑Fast of Tammuz …

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  • 16DAY OF ATONEMENT — (Heb. יוֹם הכִּפּוּרִים, Yom ha Kippurim), one of the appointed seasons of the Lord, holy convocations, a day of fasting and atonement, occurring on the Tenth of Tishri. It is the climax of the ten days of penitence and the most important day in… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 17Fast — Fast, n. [OE. faste, fast; cf. AS. f[ae]sten, OHG. fasta, G. faste. See {Fast}, v. i.] 1. Abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment. [1913 Webster] Surfeit is the father of much fast. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Voluntary abstinence from… …

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  • 18Fast — Fast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fasting}.] [AS. f[ae]stan; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fast[=e]n, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw. fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to E. fast firm.] 1. To abstain from food; …

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  • 19Fast of the Firstborn — Infobox Holiday caption = J. M. W. Turner s depiction of the Plague of the Firstborn ( The Tenth Plague of Egypt , 1802) holiday name = Fast of the firstborn official name = Hebrew: תענית בכורות ( Ta anit B chorot ) or תענית בכורים ( Ta anit B… …

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  • 20Fast of Gedalia — The Fast of Gedalia (or Gedaliah) ( he. צוֹם גְּדָלִיָּה, IPAEng|gɛdˈlaɪə or IPA2|gɪˈdɑlyə, Tzom Gedaliah) is a Jewish fast day from dawn until dusk to lament the assassination of the righteous governor of Judah of that name, which ended Jewish… …

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