id_al-adha (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Id al-Adha*:
NOUN	time	Id al-Adha, Feast of Sacrifice	the 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja

English > *Id al-Adha*: 1 sense > noun 1, time
Meaning	The 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja; all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God's ransom of Abraham's son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity / charity.
Synonym	Feast of Sacrifice
Broader	feast day, fete day	A day designated for feasting
Catalan	Id al-Adha

HyperDic: id_al-adha