- minor fast day
- nounone of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar• Hypernyms: ↑fast day• Hyponyms: ↑Fast of Gedaliah, ↑Fast of Tevet, ↑Fast of Esther, ↑Fast of the Firstborn, ↑Fast of Tammuz
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fast day — noun a day designated for fasting • Hypernyms: ↑religious holiday, ↑holy day • Hyponyms: ↑major fast day, ↑minor fast day * * * noun Etymology: Middle English faste day, from … Useful english dictionary
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Fast of Tammuz — noun (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tammuz 17 when the walls of Jerusalem were breached • Topics: ↑Judaism • Hypernyms: ↑minor fast day * * * Usage: capitalized F&T : a Jewish day observed on the 17th of Tammuz and commemorating the breach of the… … Useful english dictionary
Fast of Tevet — noun (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 • Topics: ↑Judaism • Hypernyms: ↑minor fast day … Useful english dictionary
Fast of the Firstborn — noun (Judaism) a minor fast day on Nissan 14 that is observed only by firstborn males; it is observed on the day before Passover • Topics: ↑Judaism • Hypernyms: ↑minor fast day … Useful english dictionary
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