n.
A Jewish feast celebrated on the 33rd day of the Omer (the 18th day of Iyar).
[Mishnaic Hebrew lag bā-'ōmer : lag, 33rd (from the numerical values of the letters l, 30g, 3) + bā, in the (bə, in + hā, the) + 'ōmer, the Omer; see omer.]
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