Definition of Feast of tabernacles

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Feast Of Booths, Succos, Succoth, Sukkoth, Tabernacles
Category relationships: Judaism
Generic synonyms: Church Festival, Religious Festival, Jewish Holy Day
Group relationships: Tishri

Lexicographical Neighbors of Feast Of Tabernacles

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Feast of Booths
Feast of Dedication
Feast of Dormition
Feast of Fools
Feast of Lights
Feast of Sacrifice
Feast of Tabernacles
Feast of Weeks
Feast of the Circumcision
Feast of the Dedication
Feast of the Unleavened Bread
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Literary usage of Feast of tabernacles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"From Betha- nia Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles, where He became involved in discussions with the Jews. The Scribes and Pharisees ..."

2. Theology of the Old Testament by Gustav Friedrich Oehler, George Edward Day (1883)
"The Feast of Tabernacles, ... 18, is undoubtedly founded on the kindred thought, that the keeping of the Feast of Tabernacles is an expression on the part ..."

3. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1856)
"The feast of tabernacles, like the preceding festival, continued for a week. It was instituted to commemorate the dwelling of the Israelites in tents while ..."

4. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"The feast of tabernacles was the greatest feast in the month, ... The feast of tabernacles was kept when they had gathered in the fruit of their land ..."

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