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Keywords: rededication, jerusalem, holiday, temple, selucid

(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC

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(KHAH-nik-uh; KHAH-noo-kah) Lit. dedication. An eight day holiday celebrating the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after it was defiled by the Selucid Greeks.

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