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work of necessity

work of necessity noun: work that is sufficiently important to be done on the Sabbath, despite the usual prohibitions against working on that day.

Noun

work of necessity (countable and uncountable, plural works of necessity)

  1. (Judaism) Work that is sufficiently important to be done on the Sabbath, despite the usual prohibitions against working on that day.

Forms of work of necessity

pluralworks of necessity

Questions about work of necessity

What does work of necessity mean?
Work of necessity means work that is sufficiently important to be done on the Sabbath, despite the usual prohibitions against working on that day.
What part of speech is work of necessity?
Work of necessity is a noun.
What is the plural of work of necessity?
The plural of work of necessity is works of necessity.

Words near work of necessity in the dictionary

  1. work marriage
  2. work marriages
  3. work nights
  4. work of art
  5. work of fiction
  6. work of necessity
  7. work off
  8. work on
  9. work one's buns off
  10. work one's fingers to the bone
  11. work one's guts out

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