Standard Lemma guide
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noun
Any of the Five Scrolls of the Hebrew Scriptures (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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noun
The Book of Esther.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism, specifically
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noun
Alternative spelling of magilla.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of megillah.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
(Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: scroll, roll
noun
(Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: report, account
History
From Hebrew מגילה / מְגִלָּה (m'gilá, “scroll”). Doublet of magilla.
See the entry at magilla.
