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    DAY OF ATONEMENT

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic lawplay

    Synonyms:

    Day of Atonement; Yom Kippur

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

    Hypernyms ("Day of Atonement" is a kind of...):

    major fast day (one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar)

    High Holiday; High Holy Day (Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity)

    Domain category:

    Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)

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