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Definition: Day of Atonement
Day of Atonement
n : (Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day; 10th of Tishri; its
observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic Law
[syn:
Yom Kippur]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur
\Yom` Kip*pur"\ (y[=o]m`k[i^]*p[oo^]r",
y[aum]m`k[i^]*p[oo^]r"), [Heb. y[=o]m kipp[=u]r, day of
atonement.] (Jewish Antiq.)
the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the
tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri), according to the
rites described in Leviticus xvi. Also called
Day of Atonement
.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Atonement
\A*tone"ment\, n.
1. (Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration
of friendly relations; agreement; concord. [Archaic]
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By whom we have now received the atonement. --Rom.
v. 11.
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He desires to make atonement
Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers.
--Shak.
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2. Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent
for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be
received in satisfaction for an offense or injury;
expiation; amends; -- with for. Specifically, in theology:
The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal
suffering, and death of Christ.
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When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best
atonement be can make for it is, to warn others.
--Spectator.
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The Phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that
they were thought to have made a sufficient
atonement for their former offense. --Potter.
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Day of Atonement (Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of the
Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh
month (Tishri), according to the rites described in
Leviticus xvi. Also called
Yom Kippur.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]