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Definition of Shavuoth noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Shavuoth

noun
 
/ʃəˈvuːəs/,
 
/ˌʃɑːvʊˈɒt/
 
/ʃəˈvuːəʊt/,
 
/ʃəˈvuːəʊθ/
(also Feast of Weeks, Pentecost, Shavuot)
[uncountable]
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  1. a Jewish festival that takes place 50 days after the second day of PassoverTopics Religion and festivalsc2
    Word Originfrom Hebrew šāb̲ū‘ōt̲ ‘weeks’, with reference to the weeks between Passover and Pentecost.
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