Id al-Adha (n)
Feast of Sacrifice (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 28
def the 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja
def all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God's ransom of Abraham's son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity
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Hypernym feast day, fete day
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Hyponym feast day, fete day

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