High Holy Day

/haɪ ˌhoʊli deɪ/
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Definitions of High Holy Day
  1. noun
    Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity
    synonyms: High Holiday
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    types:
    Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashona, Rosh Hashonah
    (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar
    Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur
    (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
    type of:
    Jewish holy day
    a religious holiday for Jews
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