Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
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;
[syn: Id al-Adha, Feast of Sacrifice]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Id al-Adha
n 1: 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 [syn: Id al-Adha, Feast of
Sacrifice]