What does "siddur" mean?

A prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers.

What is a synonym for "siddur"?

Common synonyms include: breviary, canon, church book, euchologion, euchology, farse.

Siddur

//ˈsɪdʊə// noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers. Judaism
"because of the holy books that occupied their bookshelves instead of encyclopaedia and romances, the torn siddurim they took out to read from on Friday nights"

Synonyms

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breviary canon church book euchologion euchology farse

Example

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"because of the holy books that occupied their bookshelves instead of encyclopaedia and romances, the torn siddurim they took out to read from on Friday nights"

Etymology

From Hebrew סִידּוּר.

Related phrases

prayer book

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