shivah

English Thesaurus

1. (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative (noun.time)

hypernym	:	hebdomad, week,
definition	:	any period of seven consecutive days (noun.time)

domain category	:	judaism,
definition	:	the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud (noun.cognition)