fast day

/fæst deɪ/

Other forms: fast days

Definitions of fast day

1. noun

   a day designated for fasting
   types:

   major fast day

   one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar

   minor fast day

   one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar

   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

   Fast of Ab, Fast of Av, Ninth of Ab, Ninth of Av, Tisha b'Ab, Tisha b'Av, Tishah b'Ab, Tishah b'Av

   (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem

   Fast of Gedaliah

   (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tishri 3 that commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah

   Fast of Tevet

   (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tevet 10 commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust

   Fast of Esther

   (Judaism) a minor fast day on Adar 13 commemorates three days that Esther fasted before approaching the Persian king on behalf of the Jewish people; the fast is connected with Purim

   Fast of the Firstborn

   (Judaism) a minor fast day on Nissan 14 that is observed only by firstborn males; it is observed on the day before Passover

   Fast of Tammuz

   (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tammuz 17 when the walls of Jerusalem were breached

   type of:

   holy day, religious holiday

   a day specified for religious observance