Sukkos

Variant of Sukkot

Sukkot definition

Suk·kot or Sukkoth Suk′·koth (so̵ok′ōt, so̵ok′ōs)

noun

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 Suk′·kos (so̵ok′ōs)

Etymology: Heb sukot, pl. of suka, tabernacle; earlier, booth < root skk, to cover, screen

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