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TALLITH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: tallaisim    , tallithes    , tallitoth   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer

Synonyms:

prayer shawl; tallis; tallith

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tallith" is a kind of...):

shawl (cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)

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