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Definition of: mezuzah
(mə·z
′zə, me·z
′zä) noun plural ·zoth (-zōth)
In Judaism, a parchment inscribed with the passages Deut. vi 4–9 and xi 13–21, to be rolled up in a case or tube and affixed to the doorpost of a dwelling, as the passages command. Also me·zu′za. [<Hebrew mezūzāh doorpost]
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