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KISLEV

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Meaning:

The third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December)

Synonyms:

Chislev; Kislev

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Kislev" is a kind of...):

Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)

Meronyms (parts of "Kislev"):

Channukah; Channukkah; Chanukah; Chanukkah; Feast of Dedication; Feast of Lights; Feast of the Dedication; Festival of Lights; Hannukah; Hanukah; Hanukkah ((Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC)

Holonyms ("Kislev" is a part of...):

Hebrew calendar; Jewish calendar ((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)

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