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Definition of Channukah
1. Noun. (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.
Exact synonyms: Channukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast Of Dedication, Feast Of Lights, Feast Of The Dedication, Festival Of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah
Category relationships: Judaism
Generic synonyms: Jewish Holy Day
Group relationships: Chislev, Kislev, Tebet, Tevet
Category relationships: Judaism
Generic synonyms: Jewish Holy Day
Group relationships: Chislev, Kislev, Tebet, Tevet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Channukah
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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