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单词 almemar
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almemarn.

Brit. /əlˈmiːmɑː/, U.S. /ˌɑlˈmimɑr/
Forms: 1800s– almemar, 1800s– almemor, 1900s– almimar.
Origin: A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymon: Hebrew almēmār.
Etymology: < post-biblical Hebrew almēmār < Arabic al-minbar < al the + minbar minbar n.
Judaism.
In a synagogue: the raised platform holding a lectern from which the Torah and haphtarah are read in the Ashkenazi ritual.
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1731 tr. Relig. Ceremonies & Customs Several Nations I. iii. 224 In some parts of Germany the Jews hide the prepuce, and sand wherein it is put, under the Almemar of their synagogue.
1858 N.Y. Herald 21 June 5/2 The procession then entered and proceeded until it arrived at the almemor or reading desk, during which the choir sang..a Hebrew salutation.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. xxxii. 300 The Reader had mounted to the almemor or platform.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 291/2 The main interior features of the synagogue are the ‘ark’..and the almemar (or reading-desk).
1945 Archit. Rev. 97 140 (caption) The dominant interior feature of the stone synagogues discussed in this article is the Bema or Almemor, that is the central reading pulpit.
2010 N. Roemer German City, Jewish Memory iv. 74 The age-old almemor would have to be replaced by a new pulpit.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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