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maggid

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[mah-gid, mah-geed] / ˈmɑ gɪd, mɑˈgid /

noun

Judaism.

(especially in Poland and Russia) a wandering Jewish preacher whose sermons contained religious and moral instruction and words of comfort and hope.

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Etymology

Origin of maggid

First recorded in 1890–95, maggid is from the Hebrew word maggīdh literally, narrator, messenger

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