Definition of Channukah

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of Channukah

Chang Kuo-lao
Changan
Changchun
Changsha
Changtzu
Changzhou
Chania
Channel
Channel Island fox
Channel Island foxes
Channel Island milk
Channel Islands
Channel Islands National Park
Channel Tunnel
Channidae
Channukah
Channukkah
Chantal
Chantaya
Chantelle
Chantemesse reaction
Chanti
Chantilly
Chantilly/Tiffany
Chantilly cream
Chanukah
Chanukkah
Chao
Chao Phraya
Chaoshan

Literary usage of Channukah

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

1. Sunday Lecturesby Joseph Krauskopf, Henry Berkowitz, Joseph Leonard Levy by Joseph Krauskopf, Henry Berkowitz, Joseph Leonard Levy (1891)
"... of our own flesh and blood, and whose genius was all drawn from our soil. This is the Feast of channukah, commemorating the Maccabean ..."

2. A Testimony of Jesus Christ by Anthony Charles Garland (2007)
"However, the Second Temple later required purification (channukah, 'dedication') because an apostate Israelite priest sacrificed an unclean animal (a sow) ..."

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