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noun
The curtain that covered the Ark of the Covenant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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noun
The curtain that covers the ark containing the Torah scrolls in a synagogue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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History
Borrowed from Hebrew פָּרֹכֶת (parókhet).
