MINOR FAST DAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minor fast day mean? 

• MINOR FAST DAY (noun)
  The noun MINOR FAST DAY has 1 sense:

1. one of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar

  Familiarity information: MINOR FAST DAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINOR FAST DAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of five minor fast days on the Jewish calendar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("minor fast day" is a kind of...):

fast day (a day designated for fasting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "minor fast day"):

Fast of Gedaliah ((Judaism) a minor fast day on Tishri 3 that commemorates the killing of the Jewish governor of Judah)

Fast of Tevet ((Judaism) a minor fast day on Tevet 10 commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust)

Fast of Esther ((Judaism) a minor fast day on Adar 13 commemorates three days that Esther fasted before approaching the Persian king on behalf of the Jewish people; the fast is connected with Purim)

Fast of the Firstborn ((Judaism) a minor fast day on Nissan 14 that is observed only by firstborn males; it is observed on the day before Passover)

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