day_of_atonement (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Day of Atonement*:
NOUN	time	Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur	(Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar

English > *Day of Atonement*: 1 sense > noun 1, time
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 law.
Synonym	Yom Kippur
Category	Judaism	The monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
Broader	High Holy Day, High Holiday	Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity
Broader	major fast day	One of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar
Spanish	Yom Kippur, Yom Kipur
Catalan	Yom Kippur

HyperDic: day_of_atonement