machzor

[ Sephardic Hebrew mahkh-zohr; Ashkenazic Hebrew mahkh-zohr, -zawr, -zuhr ]

noun

, English.

, plural mach·zo·rim [mah, kh, -zaw-, reem, mah, kh, -, zoh, -, r, im],

1. mach·zors. Hebrew. mahzor.

machzor

/ maxˈzɔr; mɑːkˈzɔː /

noun

1. a Jewish prayer book containing prescribed holiday rituals

Word History and Origins

Origin of machzor¹

literally: cycle

Example Sentences

With a sense of something vaguely strange, she bent her eyes downward on her neighbour's Machzor.

From Project Gutenberg

The Machzor for Pentecost says, Israelites are as "full of meritorious works as a pomegranate is full of pips."

From Project Gutenberg