'Yom Kippur' definitions:
Definition of 'Yom Kippur'
(from WordNet)
noun
(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 [syn: Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement]
Definition of 'Yom Kippur'
From: GCIDE
- Yom Kippur \Yom` Kip*pur"\ (y[=o]m`k[i^]*p[oo^]r", y[aum]m`k[i^]*p[oo^]r"), [Heb. y[=o]m kipp[=u]r, day of atonement.] (Jewish Antiq.) the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri), according to the rites described in Leviticus xvi. Also called {Day of Atonement}. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Synonyms of 'Yom Kippur'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asceticism,
- cold purgatorial fires,
- Day of Atonement,
- fast day,
- Fast of Av,
- fasting,
- Feast of Tabernacles,
- Feast of Weeks,
- flagellation,
- hair shirt,
- Hanukkah,
- High Holy Days,
- jour maigre,
- Lent,
- lustration,
- maceration,
- mortification,
- New Year,
- Ninth of Av,
- Passover,
- penance,
- penitence,
- penitential act,
- penitential exercise,
- Pentecost,
- Pesach,
- purgation,
- purgatory,
- Purim,
- Quadragesima,
- Ramadan,
- repentance,
- Rosh Hashanah,
- sackcloth and ashes,
- Shabuoth,
- Simhath Torah,
- Sukkoth