genizahn.

Brit.

/dʒɛˈniːzə/,

/ɡɛˈniːzə/, U.S.

/dʒəˈniˌzɑ/

Forms: Also geniza. Plural genizoth.

Etymology: Hebrew, lit., a hiding, hiding place, < 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.

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1897 Times 7 Aug. 11/5 The honour of discovering the Genizah belongs to the ‘nameless’ dealers in antiquities of Cairo.

1903 Jew. Encycl. V. 612/1 The term ‘genizah’ is now applied almost exclusively to the hoard at the old synagogue of Fostat near Cairo.

1926 Glasgow 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.

1968 Economist 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	genizah
释义	genizahn. Brit. /dʒɛˈniːzə/, /ɡɛˈniːzə/, U.S. /dʒəˈniˌzɑ/ Forms: Also geniza. Plural genizoth. Etymology: Hebrew, lit., a hiding, hiding place, < 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. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Hebrew scripture > [noun] > Genizah genizah1897 society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > other parts > [noun] > storeroom of synagogue genizah1897 1897 Times 7 Aug. 11/5 The honour of discovering the Genizah belongs to the ‘nameless’ dealers in antiquities of Cairo. 1903 Jew. Encycl. V. 612/1 The term ‘genizah’ is now applied almost exclusively to the hoard at the old synagogue of Fostat near Cairo. 1926 Glasgow 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. 1968 Economist 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1897
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