'Tisri' definitions:

Definition of 'Tisri'

From: GCIDE
  • Tisri \Tis"ri\, n. [Heb. tishr[imac], fr. Chald. sher[=a]' to open, to begin.] The seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September with a part of October. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'tisri'

From: Easton
  • Tisri the first month of the civil year, and the seventh of the ecclesiastical year. See ETHANIM (1 Kings 8:2). Called in the Assyrian inscriptions Tasaritu, i.e. "beginning."