SHAVUOT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments

Synonyms:

Feast of Weeks; Pentecost; Shabuoth; Shavous; Shavuot; Shavuoth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Shavuot" is a kind of...):

Jewish holy day (a religious holiday for Jews)

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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