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Suk·kot

or Suk·koth or Suc·coth (so͞o-kôt′, so͝ok′əs)

n. Judaism

A harvest festival commemorating the booths in which the Israelites resided during their 40 years in the wilderness, lasting for either 7 or 8 days and beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri.

[Hebrew sukkôt, (feast) of booths (commemorating the temporary shelters of the Jews in the wilderness), pl. of sukkâ, booth, from sākak, to weave together, screen; see skk in Semitic roots.]

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Sukkoth

(ˈsʊkəʊt; -kəʊθ; Hebrew suːˈkɔt) or

Succoth

(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish harvest festival beginning on Tishri 15, which commemorates the period when the Israelites lived in the wilderness. Also called: Feast of Tabernacles

[from Hebrew, literally: tabernacles]

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Suk•koth

or Suk•kot or Suk•kos

(ˈsʊk əs, suˈkɔt, -ˈkoʊs)

n.

a Jewish festival beginning on the 15th day of Tishri that celebrates the harvest and commemorates the temporary huts used by the Israelites in the wilderness.

[< Hebrew sukkōth literally, booths]

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Sukkoth - a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness

Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, Succos, Succoth, Tabernacles

Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud

church festival, religious festival - a festival having religious significance

Jewish holy day - a religious holiday for Jews

Tishri - the first month of the civil year; the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in September and October)

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