Definition of Tallit

1. Noun. A traditional Jewish prayer shawl. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tallit

1. tallith [n -LITS or -LITIM] - See also: tallith

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tallit

tallevas
talliage
talliate
talliated
talliates
tallied
tallier
talliers
tallies
tallis
tallises
tallish
tallisim
tallit (current term)
tallith
tallithes
tallithim
talliths
tallitim
tallitot
tallitoth
tallits
tallness
tallnesses
tallol
tallols
tallophyte
tallophytes

Literary usage of Tallit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"tallit. A hayloft. Wett. " When the prisoner came in he was ... A cake of tallow; tallow tallit." TALL-MEN. Dice so loaded as to come up made up in the form ..."

2. Education in Ancient Israel: From Earliest Times to 70 A.D. by Fletcher Harper Swift (1919)
"... tallit, an undergarment with twisted threads, which is still worn throughout the day by orthodox Jews. The tefillin (sing, tefillah) or phylacteries, ..."

3. Education in Ancient Israel: From Earliest Times to 70 A.D. by Fletcher Harper Swift (1919)
"... tallit, an undergarment with twisted threads, which is still worn throughout the day by orthodox Jews. The tefillin (sing, tefillah) or phylacteries, ..."

4. Geonica by Louis Ginzberg (1909)
"It is very remarkable that this "Order of Benedictions" has no blessing over the tallit. Are we to assume that at the time of the Gaon ..."

5. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"tallit. A hayloft. Wett. " When the prisoner came in he was ... A cake of tallow; tallow tallit." TALL-MEN. Dice so loaded as to come up made up in the form ..."

6. Education in Ancient Israel: From Earliest Times to 70 A.D. by Fletcher Harper Swift (1919)
"... tallit, an undergarment with twisted threads, which is still worn throughout the day by orthodox Jews. The tefillin (sing, tefillah) or phylacteries, ..."

7. Education in Ancient Israel: From Earliest Times to 70 A.D. by Fletcher Harper Swift (1919)
"... tallit, an undergarment with twisted threads, which is still worn throughout the day by orthodox Jews. The tefillin (sing, tefillah) or phylacteries, ..."

8. Geonica by Louis Ginzberg (1909)
"It is very remarkable that this "Order of Benedictions" has no blessing over the tallit. Are we to assume that at the time of the Gaon ..."

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