siddur

English

Etymology

From Hebrew סִידּוּר.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪdʊə/

Noun

siddur (plural siddurs or siddurim)

  1. (Judaism) A prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers.
    • 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 54:
      because of the holy books that occupied their bookshelves instead of encyclopaedia and romances, the torn siddurim they took out to read from on Friday nights

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