the Day of Atonement
noun🔊/ðə ˌdeɪ əv əˈtəʊnmənt/
🔊/ðə ˌdeɪ əv əˈtəʊnmənt/
[singular] (also Yom Kippur [uncountable])
a Jewish religious holiday in September or October when people eat nothing all day and say prayers of penitence in the synagogueTopics Religion and festivalsc2