Day-of-atonement Synonyms

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yom-kippur
A holy day observed on the tenth day of Tishri and marked by fasting and prayer for the atonement of sins.
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purim
A Jewish holiday, the Feast of Lots, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Jews by Esther from a general massacre plotted by Haman: Esth. 9:21
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sukkoth
Alternative spelling of Sukkot.
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hanukkah
(Judaism) An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.
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  • On the great day of atonement the high priest appears in a vicarious and representative capacity, and offers on behalf of the whole nation which he was considered to embody in his sacred person.

  • Breeches were assumed on the Day of Atonement.

  • The laws of the Day of Atonement belong to the Priestly Code.4 There is no trace of this function before the exile; the earliest reference to any such special time of atonement being the proposal of Ezek.

  • In particular the annual Day of Atonement would be relied on, and that in proportion as the expected Parousia.

  • The points at which it chiefly touched them may be inferred from the author's counter-argument, with its emphasis in the spiritual ineffectiveness of the whole Temple-system, its highpriesthood and its supreme sacrifice on the Day of Atonement.

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