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TEVET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January)
Synonyms:
Tebet; Tevet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Tevet" is a kind of...):
Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)
Meronyms (parts of "Tevet"):
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 ("Tevet" 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)