siddur

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/ˈsɪdʊə/

noun

A prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers.

OriginHebrew סִידּוּר →
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Meanings

nounsiddur (plural siddurs or siddurim)

plural siddurs · plural siddurim

  1. JudaismA prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers.

    because of the holy books that occupied their bookshelves instead of encyclopaedia and romances, the torn siddurim they took out to read from on Friday nights

    2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 54

Origin

  1. Hebrewסִידּוּר
  2. Englishsiddur

From Hebrew סִידּוּר.

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