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Mezuza

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Noun

1. mezuza, mezuzah

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mezuza

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nounWord forms: plural meˈzuzot (məˈzʊzoʊt ; məzooˈzōt) or meˈzuzas
Judaism
a small piece of parchment inscribed with the Shema, from Deuteronomy (6:4-9 & 11:13-21), rolled and put into a case and attached to the doorpost of the home, as commanded in the Biblical passages
: also sp. meˈzuzah

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mezuza

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n. pl. me·zu·zahs also me·zu·zas (-zzəz) or me·zu·zot (-z-zôt)
1. A small piece of parchment inscribed with the biblical passages Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21 and marked with the word Shaddai, a name of the Almighty, that is rolled up in a container and affixed by many Jewish households to their door frames in conformity with Jewish law and as a sign of their faith.
2. The container that holds this piece of parchment.

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