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Yom Kip⋅pur

  [yawm kip-er, yohm, yom; Seph. Heb. yawm kee-poor; Ashk. Heb. yohm ki-puhr]
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a Jewish high holy day observed on the 10th day of the month of Tishri by abstinence from food and drink and by the daylong recitation of prayers of repentance in the synagogue.
Also called Day of Atonement.

Origin:
< Heb, equiv. to yōm day + kippūr atonement
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Yom Kip·pur   (yôm' kĭp'ər, yōm', yŏm', yôm' kē-pŏŏr')   
n.   Judaism
A holy day observed on the tenth day of Tishri and marked by fasting and prayer for the atonement of sins. Also called Day of Atonement.

[Hebrew yôm kippûr : yôm, day; see ywm in Semitic roots + kippûr, atonement (from kippēr, to cover, atone; see kpr1 in Semitic roots).]
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Yom Kippur [(yohm ki-poor, yom kup-uhr)]

In Judaism, the Day of Atonement, the most important religious holiday; a day of fasting to atone for sins. It comes in autumn. (See Rosh Hashanah.)

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Yom Kippur 
Jewish holiday, 1854, from Mishnaic Heb. yom kippur (in Biblical Heb., yom kippurim), lit. "day of atonement," from yom "day" + kippur "atonement, expiation."
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