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FAST OF TAMMUZ

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fast of Tammuz mean? 

FAST OF TAMMUZ (noun)
  The noun FAST OF TAMMUZ has 1 sense:

1. (Judaism) a minor fast day on Tammuz 17 when the walls of Jerusalem were breachedplay

  Familiarity information: FAST OF TAMMUZ used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAST OF TAMMUZ (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Judaism) a minor fast day on Tammuz 17 when the walls of Jerusalem were breached

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Fast of Tammuz" is a kind of...):

minor fast day (one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)


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