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Feast of Lights   /fist əv laɪts/   Listen
Feast of Lights

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1.
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.  Synonyms: Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of the Dedication, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah.






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... Now, the baptism is the special event commemorated by the Easterns on this feast, and on account of its connection with the baptism, this feast has, amongst the Greeks, the secondary title of the feast of lights. And, in Ireland (Synodus II., St. Patricii, can. 20), contrary to the ancient custom of the Church, solemn baptism was administered on this feast day. This subject of the baptism forms the only theme of the ancient sermons bearing on this feast. On the other hand, the ...
— The Divine Office • Rev. E. J. Quigley



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