English noun: Id al-Adha | |||
1. | Id al-Adha (time) the 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja; 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 | ||
Synonyms | Feast of Sacrifice | ||
Broader (hypernym) | feast day, fete day | ||