Feast of Tabernacles
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Feast of Tabernacles
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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The annual weeklong summit is billed as the Feast of Tabernacles, the Christian term for the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which in biblical times was marked by a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.
From US News
To mark this month’s Feast of Tabernacles the government funded a march to Jerusalem billed as re-enacting the temple pilgrimage.
From Economist
In the city of Jerusalem, at the Feast of Tabernacles, a few months before His death, Jesus set forth this beautiful parable of the Good Shepherd.
From Project Gutenberg
Meantime, the Jews assembled at Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles, seem to have been disappointed at not seeing Jesus there; and enquired, "Where is he?"
From Project Gutenberg
One of these was the Feast of Tabernacles, kept in commemoration of the sojourn of their fathers in the wilderness, and as a special thanksgiving to God after the ingathering of the autumnal harvest.
From Project Gutenberg
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