Sukkot

Sukkot
Sukkot or Sukkoth [sook′ōssook′ōt, sook′ōs]
n.
Heb sukot, pl. of suka, tabernacle; earlier, booth < root skk, to cover, screen
a Jewish festival, the Feast of Tabernacles, celebrating the fall harvest and commemorating the desert wandering of the Israelites during the Exodus: observed from the 15th to the 22d day of Tishri: also Sukkos [sook′ōs]

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  • Sukkot — noun see Sukkoth …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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