genizah
/ɡɛˈniːzə//ɡɛˈnizə/
noun
- 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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