חִילּוּל, חִלּ׳ m. (חָלַל) 1) desecration, defamation. Y. Shebu. VI, end, 37ᵇ ח׳ שבועה the desecration committed by an unnecessary oath. Sabb. 33ᵃ, a. fr. ח׳ שבת desecration of the Sabbath; ח׳ השם defamation of the Name of the Lord, disgracing the Jewish religion. Yoma 86ᵃ ה"ד ח׳ השם what act, for instance, would be a profanation &c.?—Kidd. 40ᵃ אין מקיפין בח׳ וכ׳, v. נָקַף I, II. Ber. 19ᵇ; a. fr. —2) redemption of sacred objects, secularization. Ib. 35ᵃ טעון ח׳ requires redemption. Y. Naz. II, beg. 51ᵈ משמשין לשון ח׳ mean redemption; a. fr.—Pl. חִילּוּלִים, חִלּ׳. Y. Peah VII, 20ᵇ bot. (interpret. הלולים, Lev. XIX, 24), v. ה"א. —3) the loss of priestly status, becoming a ḥalal (v. חָלָל II). Y. Ter. VII, 44ᵈ bot. את שחִילּוּלָהּ וכ׳ whose loss of priesthood was caused by &c.—Pl. חִילּוּלִין, חִלּ׳. Keth. 29ᵇ ח׳ הוא עושה he causes loss of priesthood (to his offspring). Snh. 50ᵇ בחִילּוּלֵי שבזנות וכ׳ the text speaks of desecration effected through illicit intercourse (not of Sabbath breaking).—[Sifré Deut. s. 26, v. preced. w.]