genizah

/ɡɛˈniːzə//ɡɛˈnizə/

noun

  1. 1

    A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.

    The Cairo Genizah was discovered in 1896.

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