Definition of Chanukah

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


Definition of Chanukah

1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Hanukkah) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chanukah

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
Chaozhou
Chaparian
Chapel Hill
Chaplin
Chaplinesque
Chapman
Chapman's antshrike
Chapman code
Chapultepec
Char

Literary usage of Chanukah

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

1. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse by Joseph Friedlander, George Alexander Kohut (1917)
"Four parts of the world — north, south, west and east— See the Israelites keeping the chanukah feast, Who, just like ourselves, are performing the rite Of ..."

2. Selections for Homes and Schools by Marion L. Simons Misch (1911)
"chanukah III chanukah II [This can be sung to the traditional chanukah Hymn found in all Jewish ... chanukah ..."

3. Poems for Young Judaeans by Young Judaea, Inc (1917)
"chanukah THE BANNER OF THE JEW Wake, Israel, wake! Recall to-day The glorious Maccabean rage, The sire heroic, hoary-gray, His five-fold lion lineage: The ..."

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