Definitions for "Eid al-Adha"
holiday - (EED al-OD-ha) "Day of Sacrifice," holiday on the 9th month of the month of Muharram that commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son at God's request.
The Muslim Festival of the Sacrifice, which commemorates Ibrahim's (Abraham) intended sacrifice of Ismail (Ishmael). This is a point about which Islam dif-fers with Christianity and Judaism on the personalities, but agrees with the related inter-pretation of dedication to the one God.
A four-day festival starting on the tenth day of Thul-Hijjah month, the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar. It coincides with Hajj.