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menorah

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7 lettersPronunciation /mɪˈnɔːɹə/Part of speech nounSorted aehmnorStarts with MEnds with H0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (Judaism) a candelabrum with nine branches; used during the Hanukkah festival

Word origin

Borrowed from Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (m'norá). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as minaret.

Used in a sentence

  • ‘Heathen muck,’ Liberalis said, as the pillaging began. The veil of the Temple was rent. The great menorah was taken away.
  • My father brings home a big brass antique menorah, shaped like an archway, heavy, on a pedestal, on a round base.
  • In America every December my mother had decorated our home with metal Stars of David she hung on strings in the doorways and lit the menorah as we gathered at the table.

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