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JEWISH CALENDAR

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Meaning:

(Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years

Synonyms:

Hebrew calendar; Jewish calendar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Jewish calendar" is a kind of...):

lunisolar calendar (a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles)

Meronyms (parts of "Jewish calendar"):

Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)

Tishri (the first month of the civil year; the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in September and October))

Heshvan (the second month of the civil year; the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in October and November))

Chislev; Kislev (the third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December))

Tebet; Tevet (the fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January))

Shebat; Shevat (the fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February))

Adar (the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March))

Adar Sheni; Veadar (included seven times in every 19 years)

Nisan; Nissan (the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April))

Iyar; Iyyar (the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May))

Sivan; Siwan (the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June))

Tammuz; Thammuz (the tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July))

Ab; Av (the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August))

Ellul; Elul (the twelfth month of the civil year; the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and September))

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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