MEZUZAH (mezuzoth)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: mezuzoth   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mezuzah mean? 

• MEZUZAH (noun)
  The noun MEZUZAH has 1 sense:

1. religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law

  Familiarity information: MEZUZAH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEZUZAH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Religious texts from Deuteronomy inscribed on parchment and rolled up in a case that is attached to the doorframe of many Jewish households in accordance with Jewish law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

mezuza; mezuzah

Hypernyms ("mezuzah" is a kind of...):

section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))

Holonyms ("mezuzah" is a part of...):

Book of Deuteronomy; Deuteronomy (the fifth book of the Old Testament; contains a second statement of Mosaic law)