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Definition of the Day of Atonement noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the Day of Atonement

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/ðə ˌdeɪ əv əˈtəʊnmənt/
 
/ðə ˌdeɪ əv əˈtəʊnmənt/
 [singular]
(also Yom Kippur [uncountable])
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  1. 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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