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Definition of Shofars
1. shofar [n] - See also: shofar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shofars
Literary usage of Shofars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"These with the more conservative synagogues arc the shofars or rams' horns of
traditional antiquity. The Reformed Jews substitute brass instruments. ..."
2. Melomaniacs by James Huneker (1902)
"... Pythagoras came with his Monochord; Plato listened to the music of the spheres;
the priests of Joshua blew seven times upon their shofars or Rams-Horns. ..."
3. Unicorns by James Huneker (1917)
"... shofars, tym- pani, and piccolo, sounded. Immediately a chorus of male soprani
blended with this chord, though they sang the common chord of A major. ..."
4. Unicorns by James Huneker (1917)
"... octopuses, shofars, tym- pani, and piccolo, sounded. Immediately a chorus of
male soprani blended with this chord, though they sang the common chord of ..."
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