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Feast of the Dedication

noun

(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 Lights, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah.

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... desired only to multiply the number of the gods; [73] and such was the appetite of Julian for bloody sacrifice, that his emulation might be excited by the piety of Solomon, who had offered, at the feast of the dedication, twenty-two thousand oxen, and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. [74] These considerations might influence his designs; but the prospect of an immediate and important advantage would not suffer the impatient monarch to expect the remote and uncertain event of ...

— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 2 • Edward Gibbon