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Genizah

/ɡɛˈniːzə/

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.

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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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