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Definition of Yom Kippur noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

Yom Kippur

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˌyoʊm kɪˈpʊr//
 
, NAmE//ˌyɑmkɪˈpʊr//
 
, NAmE//ˌyɑmˈkɪpər//
 
, NAmE//ˌyoʊm ˈkɪpər//
 
[uncountable]
 
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a Jewish religious holiday in September or October when people eat nothing all day and say prayers of penitence, also known as the Day of Atonement
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