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genizah|gɛˈniːzə|
Also geniza. Pl. genizoth.
[Heb., lit., a hiding, hiding-place, f. gānaz to set aside, hide.]
A store-room or repository for damaged, discarded, or heretical books and papers and sacred relics, attached to many synagogues; also, the contents of a genizah.
1897Times 7 Aug. 11/5 The honour of discovering the Genizah belongs to the ‘nameless’ dealers in antiquities of Cairo. 1903Jew. Encycl. V. 612/1 The term ‘genizah’ is now applied almost exclusively to the hoard at the old synagogue of Fostat near Cairo. 1926Glasgow Herald 24 Feb. 8 All the old prayer books or torn Bibles are reverently carried to the synagogues, where they are placed in what is called a Genizah... In these ancient Genizahs have been found some priceless old MSS. 1968Economist 10 Aug. 36/1 Devout Jews in the Middle Ages believed that pieces of paper which bore the name of God should not be burned but be put aside in a special room or geniza. |