feast of weeks

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   (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments

   SynonymsShavousShabuothShavuothShavuotPentecost

   BroaderJewish holy day

   Judaism

Questions about feast of weeks

What does feast of weeks mean?

feast of weeks means "(Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments".

What is another word for feast of weeks?

Close synonyms include Shavous, Shabuoth, Shavuoth, Shavuot, Pentecost. 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 weeks a common word?

feast of weeks 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.