单词 | sukkot |
释义 | Sukkotn. Judaism. A major Jewish festival, beginning on the 15th day of Tishri (Tishri n.) and lasting for seven days, held to commemorate the sheltering of the Israelites in the wilderness and as a harvest festival. Also called Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Ingathering.Sukkot usually falls in September and October in the Gregorian calendar, and is marked by the erection outdoors of small booths, in which the festival is celebrated (see sukkah n.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > Jewish seasons and feasts > Feast of Tabernacles, Succoth > [noun] Feast of Tabernacles1382 Scenopegiac1384 Cenophea1400 Sukkot1614 xylophory1737 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World ii. x. §5. 392 In remembrance whereof the Feast of Succoth or Tabernacles was instituted. 1650 E. Chilmead tr. L. Modena Hist. Rites of Jews iii. vii. 148 Vpon the Fifteenth day of the said moneth Tisri, is the Feast of Boothes, Tabernacles, or Tents, called..Succoth [It. Succod], Tuguria: in memorie, that the Children of Israel, at their coming up out of Egypt, made use of such, in the Wildernesse. 1799 Butler's Lives Saints (new ed.) X. 404 Succot, [is celebrated on] the 15th of the month Tisri. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. x. 61 We cannot always work, we cannot always pray... Hence, Hindoo Doorga, Celtic Juul, Jewish Succoth, Japanese Majira, [etc.]. 1868 Manch. Guardian 9 June 7/4 Three times in the year did every male present himself before God, on the festivals of Pesach, Shevuoth, and Succoth. 1882 tr. L. Kompert Scenes from Ghetto 102 I hope you will be back in time for the Souccoth. 1905 Jewish Encycl. IX. 583/1 Number of days on which the several ceremonies of Sukkot are observed. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 16 Oct. 15/7 The Jewish folk of Victoria will observe Succoth, the original Thanksgiving Day of ancient Israel, better known as the Feast of the Tabernacle—on October 16. 1944 M. Samuel in M. W. Weisgal Chaim Weizmann i. 88 The Jews were more transfigured by their celebration of Shavuoth and Sukkoth than the Russian peasants by their thanksgiving celebrations. 1969 M. C. Solomon Eternal Geomater 137 At the end of Sukkos, the children traditionally dismember the lolovim and eat the citron. 1979 Jewish Chron. 7 Dec. 39/1 Tradition in our house has it that as soon as Succot is over, you dash out looking for the first Chanucah presents. 2013 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 Sept. a27 Because of Sukkot, alternate-side street-cleaning regulations will be suspended in New York City on Friday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614 |
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