fast day
31Fast of Tevet — noun (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tevet 10 commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust • Topics: ↑Judaism • Hypernyms: ↑minor fast day …
32Fast of the Firstborn — noun (Judaism) a minor fast day on Nissan 14 that is observed only by firstborn males; it is observed on the day before Passover • Topics: ↑Judaism • Hypernyms: ↑minor fast day …
33Day of Atonement — noun (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 • Syn: ↑Yom Kippur • Topics: ↑Judaism • Hypernyms: ↑High Holy Day, ↑High Holiday …
34Fast of Esther — Date: 1887 a Jewish fast day observed the day before Purim in commemoration of a fast proclaimed by Queen Esther …
35fast — I. v. n. Abstain from food, forbear eating, go without food, go hungry. II. n. 1. Fasting, abstinence from food. 2. Fast day, day of fasting, banyan day. 3. Time of fasting. 4. Rope (to fasten a vessel to wharf). III. a …
36fast of tebet — Usage: capitalized F&T : a Jewish fast day observed on the 10th day of Tebet in commemoration of the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians …
37Day of Atonement — Yom Kippur Yom Kip*pur (y[=o]m k[i^]*p[oo^]r , y[aum]m k[i^]*p[oo^]r ), [Heb. y[=o]m kipp[=u]r, day of atonement.] (Jewish Antiq.) the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri), according to the …
38Day of Atonement — Atonement A*tone ment, n. 1. (Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] By whom we have now received the atonement. Rom. v. 11. [1913 Webster] He desires to make… …
39day — fish day (a day on which fish is eaten according to religious requirements; a fast day) …
40Fast of Gedaliah — (Judaism) fast day held shortly after Rosh Hashanah (in memory of the murder of Gedalia, governor of Judea) …
