Definition of Feast of the dedication

1. Noun. (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Feast Of The Dedication

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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 the dedication

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

1. The History of the Jewish Church by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1882)
"NOTE ON THE feast of the dedication. I am indebted to the kindness of a modern Hebrew scholar for the accompanying description of the present celebration of ..."

2. The Rural Life of England by William Howitt (1838)
"The WAKE is the parochial feast of the dedication of the church. It has now dwindled into a village holiday, shorn by the Reformation of all its ..."

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