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‖ afikoman, aphi-|æfɪˈkəʊmən|
Also afikomen, afikuman, etc.
[Heb. aphīqōmān, f. Gr. ἐπικώµιον revel (G. Dalman).]
Near the beginning of the Jewish Passover service, a piece broken from the second of the three cakes of unleavened bread and put aside to be eaten at the end of the meal.
1891M. Friedländer Jewish Rel. ii. 382 The part laid aside is called afikuman. 1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto II. i. xxv. 208 The Afikuman [ed. 1901, Afikoman], or Motso specially laid aside for the final morsel. 1905Westm. Gaz. 20 Apr. 9/3 The Afikomen is always the centre of a little ceremony associated with..Jewish holidays, the giving of gifts. 1960Jewish Chron. 8 Apr. 33/2 Grandpa split the middle matzo and hid half of it away as the Afikoimon. |