machzor
[ Sephardic Hebrew mahkh-zohr; Ashkenazic Hebrew mahkh-zohr, -zawr, -zuhr ]
noun,plural mach·zo·rim [Sephardic Hebrew mahkh-zaw-reem; Ashkenazic Hebrew mahkh-zoh-rim], /Sephardic Hebrew mɑx zɔˈrim; Ashkenazic Hebrew mɑxˈzoʊ rɪm/, English.
mach·zors. Hebrew. mahzor.
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How to use machzor in a sentence
With a sense of something vaguely strange, she bent her eyes downward on her neighbour's machzor.
Ghetto Tragedies | Israel ZangwillThe machzor for Pentecost says, Israelites are as "full of meritorious works as a pomegranate is full of pips."
British Dictionary definitions for machzor
machzor
mahzor
/ Hebrew (maxˈzɔr, English mɑːkˈzɔː) /
nounplural -zorim (-zɔˈriːm, English -zəˈriːm)
a Jewish prayer book containing prescribed holiday rituals
Origin of machzor
1literally: cycle
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