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Definition of Prayer shawl
1. Noun. (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer.
Definition of Prayer shawl
1. Noun. A prayer shawl (e.g. a Jewish tallit). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prayer Shawl
Literary usage of Prayer shawl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How Christ Said the First Mass, Or, The Lord's Last Supper: The Rites and by James Luke Meagher (1908)
"By this ceremony the boy becomes of age, takes part in all meetings of the men,
and wears the prayer shawl in the synagogues, when praying, and also at the ..."
2. He Usually Lived with a Female: The Life of a California Newspaperman by George Garrigues (2006)
"Nomie married a writer who came from Anglo-Saxon Kansas pioneers; no prayer shawl,
but always a family Bible. They moved to San Francisco, where in their ..."
3. The History of a Lie: "The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion"; a Study by Herman Bernstein, John Retcliffe (1921)
"... until the terrified Rabbi lifted his hand as if to curse and exclaimed: 'He
who has flesh in his cheeks, let him throw off the prayer shawl ! ..."
4. A Dictionary of Religion and Ethics by Shailer Mathews, Gerald Birney Smith (1921)
"Hebrew term for a Jewish prayer shawl, worn by men while reciting the morning-
prayer either in their homes or in the synagog. TALMUD. ..."
5. Uncle Moses: A Novel by Sholem Asch (1920)
"The seventeen-year-old boy did as he was told,—took his father's prayer-shawl by
the fringes, mumbled a few words, kissed the shawl and sat down to eat. ..."
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