high holiday

English Thesaurus

1. Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity (noun.time)

hypernym	:	jewish holy day,
definition	:	a religious holiday for Jews (noun.time)

hyponym	:	jewish new year, rosh hashana, rosh hashanah, rosh hashona, rosh hashonah,
definition	:	(Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar (noun.time)

hyponym	:	day of atonement, yom kippur,
definition	:	(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 (noun.time)