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religious festival

DEFINITIONS OF: religious festival

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n a festival having religious significance

Synonyms:
church festival
Types:
Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, Succos, Succoth, Sukkoth, Tabernacles
a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness
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a feast day and the seven days following it
Type of:
festival
a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration
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