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[syn: Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Yom Kippur \Yom` Kip*pur"\ (y[=o]m`k[i^]*p[oo^]r",
y[aum]m`k[i^]*p[oo^]r"), [Heb. y[=o]m kipp[=u]r, day of
atonement.] (Jewish Antiq.)
the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the
tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri), according to the
rites described in Leviticus xvi. Also called Day of
Atonement.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Atonement \A*tone"ment\, n.
1. (Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration
of friendly relations; agreement; concord. [Archaic]
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By whom we have now received the atonement. --Rom.
v. 11.
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He desires to make atonement
Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers.
--Shak.
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2. Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent
for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be
received in satisfaction for an offense or injury;
expiation; amends; -- with for. Specifically, in theology:
The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal
suffering, and death of Christ.
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When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best
atonement be can make for it is, to warn others.
--Spectator.
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The Phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that
they were thought to have made a sufficient
atonement for their former offense. --Potter.
[1913 Webster]
Day of Atonement (Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of the
Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh
month (Tishri), according to the rites described in
Leviticus xvi. Also called Yom Kippur.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Yom Kippur
n 1: (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 [syn: Yom Kippur, Day of
Atonement]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "Yom Kippur":
Day of Atonement, Fast of Av, Feast of Tabernacles, Feast of Weeks,
Hanukkah, High Holy Days, Lent, New Year, Ninth of Av, Passover,
Pentecost, Pesach, Purim, Quadragesima, Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah,
Shabuoth, Simhath Torah, Sukkoth, asceticism,
cold purgatorial fires, fast day, fasting, flagellation,
hair shirt, jour maigre, lustration, maceration, mortification,
penance, penitence, penitential act, penitential exercise,
purgation, purgatory, repentance, sackcloth and ashes