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‖ Seder|ˈseɪdə(r)|
Also with lower-case initial.
[Heb. sēdher order, procedure.]
A Jewish ritual service and ceremonial dinner held on the first evening of the Passover and repeated on the second evening by Orthodox Jews outside Israel. Freq. attrib.
1865Chambers's Encycl. VII. 312/1 At a later period, a certain number of cups of red wine were superadded to this meal, to which, as its special ceremonies and the order of its benedictions were fixed, the name Seder (arrangement) was given. 1891[see haggadah 2]. 1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto II. xxii. 166 She would have to..see the sour faces of her little ones round a barren Seder table. Ibid. xxv. 205 Seder Night was a charmed time. The strange symbolic dishes..the special Hebrew melodies. 1909Cent. Dict. Suppl. s.v., The celebrant, generally the head of the family, begins with the first of the thirteen functions in the seder service. 1932C. Roth Hist. Marranos vii. 185 The traditional Seder-service. 1958C. P. Snow Conscience of Rich i. iii. 24 We were as good as engaged after seder night in '96. 1970I. Sieff Memoirs vi. 95 Herbert Samuel..spoke the holy words, the traditional conclusion to the Seder service on the eve of the Passover: ‘Next year in Jerusalem.’ 1978J. Sacks in P. Moore Man, Woman, & Priesthood iii. 39 The best known of these events is the Seder on the first nights of Passover. 1982Listener 7 Jan. 13/1, I sat round the Seder table during Passover. |