2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tisri  \Tis"ri\,  n.  [Heb.  tishr[=i],  fr  Chald.  sher[=a]'  to 
  open  to  begin.] 
  The  seventh  month  of  the  Jewish  ecclesiastical  year, 
  answering  to  a  part  of  September  with  a  part  of  October. 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Tisri 
  the  first  month  of  the  civil  year,  and  the  seventh  of  the 
  ecclesiastical  year.  See  {ETHANIM}  (1  Kings  8:2).  Called 
  in  the  Assyrian  inscriptions  Tasaritu  i.e.  "beginning." 
 

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