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Definition of High Holiday
1. Noun. Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity.
Specialized synonyms: Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashona, Rosh Hashonah, Day Of Atonement, Yom Kippur
Generic synonyms: Jewish Holy Day
Lexicographical Neighbors of High Holiday
Literary usage of High Holiday
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Translation of the Treatise Chagigah from the Babylonian Talmud by A W Streane (1891)
"Well, then, it follows that on a high holiday they come from the tithe. But why ?
For surely it is obligatory, and everything which is obligatory comes only ..."
2. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1917)
"On a high holiday, on a high holiday, The very first day of the year, Little
Matthy Groves to church did go God's holy word to hear, hear, God's holy word ..."
3. Original Plays by William Schwenck Gilbert (1908)
"... Till the welcome knell of the midnight bell rings forth its jolliest tune,
And ushers our next high holiday—the dead of the night's high-noon! Chorus. ..."
4. Gilbert and Sullivan and Their Operas: With Recollections and Anecdotes of D by François Cellier, Cunningham Bridgeman (1914)
"... Till the welcome knell of the midnight bell rings forth its jolliest tune,
And ushers our next high holiday—the dead of the night's high noon ! ..."
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