Definition of Feast of sacrifice

1. Noun. The 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja; all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God's ransom of Abraham's son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity.

Exact synonyms: Id Al-adha
Generic synonyms: Feast Day, Fete Day

Lexicographical Neighbors of Feast Of Sacrifice

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Feast of Booths
Feast of Dedication
Feast of Dormition
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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 sacrifice

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

1. Narrative of a Tour Through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia and Mesopotamia: With by Horatio Southgate (1840)
"MOHAMMEDAN FEASTS TURKISH PASSOVER—THE feast of sacrifice PROCESSION AND PUBLIC ... falls seventy days after the first, is the Hi Azha, Feast of Sacrifice, ..."

2. The Moslem World by Samuel Marinus Zwemer (1908)
"... even the women don all their jewels while they celebrate the feast in the zenana or the harem with amusements and indulgences. The Feast of Sacrifice is ..."

3. A History of Egypt Under the Pharaohs: Derived Entirely from the Monuments by Heinrich Karl Brugsch, Henry Danby Seymour (1881)
"20 „ feast of sacrifice. 21 „ Opening of the Tomb (of Osiris). 22 „ Feast of the hoeing of the earth. 23 „ Preparation of the sacrificial altar in the Tomb ..."

4. History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern:: Containing a Description of the by Andrew Crichton (1833)
"... of the Devil—The Feast of Sacrifice—Return of the Procession to Mecca—Visit to the Interior of the Kaaba —Departure of the Caravans—Altered Appearance ..."

5. Egypt Under the Pharaohs: A History Derived Entirely from the Monuments by Heinrich Karl Brugsch (1891)
"20 „ feast of sacrifice. 21 „ Opening of the Tomb (of Osiris). 22 „ Feast of the hoeing of the earth. 23 „ Preparation of the sacrificial altar in the Tomb ..."

6. The History of Arabia: Ancient and Modern by Andrew Crichton (1868)
"... Scene—Stoning of the Devil—The Feast of Sacrifice—Return of the Procession-to Mecca—Visit to the Interior of the Kaaba—Departure of the Caravans—Altered ..."

7. The Gospel in All Lands by Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church (1901)
"The scene led me to inquire into the secret of the Mohammedan festivals, which are as follows: Idul-Zuha i Feast of Sacrifice) and Idul-Fitr, ..."

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