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单词 parochet
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parochetn.

Brit. /paˈrɒxɛt/, /paˈrɒkɛt/, U.S. /pɑˈrɑkət/
Forms: 1900s– parochet, 1900s– parocheth, 1900s– paroket, 1900s– parokhet, 1900s– parokheth.
Origin: A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymon: Hebrew pārōḵeṯ.
Etymology: < post-biblical Hebrew pārōḵeṯ (plural pārōḵōṯ , pārōḵīyōṯ ), literally ‘that which shuts off’ (in biblical Hebrew in sense ‘curtain before the Most Holy Place in the Tabernacle, and later in the Temple’ (Exodus 26:31, etc.), usually translated ‘veil’: compare veil n.1 4a(a); cognate with Aramaic pārĕgud), use as noun of present participle of an otherwise unattested root cognate with Akkadian parāku to go across, bar. Compare Akkadian parakku shrine.The Hebrew word is found in English context in its biblical sense from the 17th cent. onwards.
Judaism.
A richly decorated curtain which hangs before the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
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1902 Jewish Encycl. II. 108/2 Before the Ark there is frequently placed a curtain of costly material, called paroket after the curtain which in the Tabernacle and Temple screened the Holy of Holies.
1942 Universal Jewish Encycl. VIII. 403/2 The use of such curtains probably began in the Middle Ages... The favorite color..is either red or blue; while on the High Holy Days a white Parocheth is sometimes hung in front of the Ark.
1974 Jewish Chron. 19 Apr. 9/1 A parochet (ark curtain) was consecrated..in memory of the late Rabbi.
1991 A. Unterman Dict. Jewish Lore & Legend 153/1 The parokhet symbolizes the division between the holy and the profane.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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