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Noun: Day of Atonement
  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
    - Yom Kippur

Type of: High Holiday, High Holy Day, major fast day

Encyclopedia: Day of Atonement