Shavuoth
noun/ʃəˈvuːəs/, /ˌʃɑːvʊˈɒt/
/ʃəˈvuːəʊt/, /ʃəˈvuːəʊθ/
(also Feast of Weeks, Pentecost, Shavuot)
[uncountable]- a Jewish festival that takes place 50 days after the second day of PassoverTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originfrom Hebrew šāb̲ū‘ōt̲ ‘weeks’, with reference to the weeks between Passover and Pentecost.
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