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maggid

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[mah-gid, mah-geed] / ˈmɑ gɪd, mɑˈgid /

noun

Judaism.

plural

maggidim, maggids

  1. (especially in Poland and Russia) a wandering Jewish preacher whose sermons contained religious and moral instruction and words of comfort and hope.

Etymology

Origin of maggid

First recorded in 1890–95, maggid is from the Hebrew word maggīdh literally, narrator, messenger

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