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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'genizah' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions genizah noun (plural: genizoth) A storeroom located in or by a synagogue where are kept sacred Hebrew books that cannot be used (through damage or heretical teachings), but which cannot be discarded because they contain God's name. The Cairo Genizah was discovered in 1896 Etymology: Hebrew "hiding-place".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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