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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Hebrew
Origin: 'Day of Atonement'

Yom Kippur

 noun
     
Related topics: Judaism
Yom Kip‧pur [uncountable]
RRJ a Jewish religious holiday on which people do not eat, but pray to be forgiven for the things they have done wrong
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