genizah
noun
ge·ni·zah
gəˌnēˈzä,
-ˈnēzə
plural genizoth or genizot
-ˌnēˈzōt(h),
-ˈnēˌzōs
or genizahs 1
: a storeroom or repository in a synagogue used for discarded, damaged, or defective books and papers and sacred objects
valuable old manuscripts found in the genizah at Cairo
2
: the contents of a genizah
Word History
Etymology
Hebrew gĕnīzāh
First Known Use
1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1