Shavuoth

US:USA pronunciation: respelling(Seph. Heb. shä vo̅o̅ ôt′; Ashk. Heb. shə vo̅o̅′ōs, -əs)



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Sha•vu•oth  (Seph. Heb. shä vo̅o̅ ôt′; Ashk. Heb. shə vo̅o̅′ōs, -əs),USA pronunciation n. [Judaism.]
  1. Judaisma festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
Also, Sha•vu•ot′, Sha•vu′os, Shabuoth, Shabuot. Also called Feast of Weeks, Pentecost. 
  • Hebrew Shābhū‘ōth literally, weeks
  • 1890–95

'Shavuoth' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Feast of Weeks - Hallel - Pentecost - Shabuoth - Yizkor - confirmation - omer

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