jewish calendar
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1. (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years (noun.time)
hypernym | : | lunisolar calendar, |
definition | : | a calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles (noun.time) |
part holonym | : | tishri, |
definition | : | the first month of the civil year; the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in September and October) (noun.time) |
part holonym | : | heshvan, |
definition | : | the second month of the civil year; the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in October and November) (noun.time) |
part holonym | : | chislev, kislev, |
definition | : | the third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December) (noun.time) |
part holonym | : | tebet, tevet, |
definition | : | the fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January) (noun.time) |
part holonym | : | shebat, shevat, |
definition | : | the fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February) (noun.time) |
part holonym | : | adar, |
definition | : | the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March) (noun.time) |
part holonym | : | adar sheni, veadar, |
definition | : | included seven times in every 19 years (noun.time) |
part holonym | : | nisan, nissan, |
definition | : | the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April) (noun.time) |
part holonym | : | iyar, iyyar, |
definition | : | the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May) (noun.time) |
part holonym | : | sivan, siwan, |
definition | : | the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June) (noun.time) |
part holonym | : | tammuz, thammuz, |
definition | : | the tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July) (noun.time) |
part holonym | : | ab, av, |
definition | : | the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August) (noun.time) |
part holonym | : | ellul, elul, |
definition | : | the twelfth month of the civil year; the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and September) (noun.time) |
domain category | : | judaism, |
definition | : | the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud (noun.cognition) |
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