"major fast day" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

One of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar (synset 115186331)
is a type of: fast day - a day designated for fasting
subtypes:
- day of atonement, yom kippur - (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law
- fast of ab, fast of av, ninth of ab, ninth of av, tisha b'ab, tisha b'av, tishah b'ab, tishah b'av - (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem