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Meaning:

(Judaism) a chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

chant (a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone)

Domain category:

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