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noundoorpost (plural doorposts)
plural doorposts · alternative door post · alternative dated door-post
- Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel; a doorjamb.
In every house a he-lamb was to be slain, and its blood to be sprinkled on the doorposts of the house.
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 40
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doorpost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doorpost
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“doorpost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doorpost. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doorpost,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doorpost.
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