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单词 yom kippur
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Yom Kippur

[ yawm -kip-er, yohm, yom; Sephardic Hebrew yawm kee-poor; Ashkenazic Hebrew yohm -ki-puhr ]
/ yɔm ˈkɪp ər, yoʊm, yɒm; Sephardic Hebrew ˈyɔm kiˈpur; Ashkenazic Hebrew yoʊm ˈkɪ pər /

noun Judaism.

a Jewish high holy day observed on the 10th day of the month of Tishri by abstinence from food and drink and by the daylong recitation of prayers of repentance in the synagogue.
Also called Day of A·tone·ment [deyuhvuh-tohn-muhnt] /ˈdeɪ əv əˈtoʊn mənt/ .

Origin of Yom Kippur

From Hebrew, equivalent to yōm “day” + kippūr “atonement”

Words nearby Yom Kippur

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Example sentences from the Web for Yom Kippur

  • They strictly observed the dietary laws, and solemnized the festivals, and the fast of Yom-Kippur, which they called Ashura.

    History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz

British Dictionary definitions for Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur
/ (jɒm ˈkɪpə, Hebrew jɔm kiˈpur) /

noun

an annual Jewish holiday celebrated on Tishri 10 as a day of fasting, on which prayers of penitence are recited in the synagogue throughout the dayAlso called: Day of Atonement

Word Origin for Yom Kippur

from Hebrew, from yōm day + kippūr atonement
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur
[ (yohm ki-poor, yom kup-uhr) ]

In Judaism, the Day of Atonement, the most important religious holiday; a day of fasting to atone for sins. It comes in autumn. (See Rosh Hashanah.)

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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