feast of booths

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   a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness

   SynonymsSuccothSukkothSuccosFeast of TabernaclesTabernacles

   Broaderreligious festivalJewish holy day

   Part ofTishri

   Judaism

Questions about feast of booths

What does feast of booths mean?

feast of booths means "a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness".

What is another word for feast of booths?

Close synonyms include Succoth, Sukkoth, Succos, Feast of Tabernacles, Tabernacles. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is feast of booths a common word?

feast of booths is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.