feast of the dedication

Questions about feast of the dedication

What does feast of the dedication mean?

feast of the dedication means "(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC".

What is another word for feast of the dedication?

Close synonyms include Hanukkah, Hanukah, Hannukah, Chanukah, Chanukkah. 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 the dedication a common word?

feast of the dedication 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.