the Day of Atonement
noun/ðə ˌdeɪ əv əˈtəʊnmənt/
/ðə ˌdeɪ əv əˈtəʊnmənt/
[singular] (also Yom Kippur [uncountable])
- a Jewish religious holiday in September or October when people eat nothing all day and say prayers of penitence in the synagogueTopics Religion and festivalsc2
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