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mezuzoth

  • plural
    of mezuzah.
    mezuzah
    noun
    a parchment scroll inscribed on one side with the Biblical passages Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21 and on the other side with the word Shaddai (a name applied to God), inserted in a small case or tube so that Shaddai is visible through an aperture in front, and attached by some Jews to the doorjambs of the home.

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Neither do I parade mezuzoth on my doors.

From St. Elmo by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

One is reminded of the mezuzoth, the metallic or wooden cases, attached to the doorposts of their houses by the Jews, and which originally served a similar purpose.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow

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