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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Confusion. UK, dialectal, obsolete
2. 2
   collectively, the Jewish ritual scrolls, including holy scrolls, tefillin, and mezuzot Judaism, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   To confound. UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive

Etymology

From Hebrew סְתָ״ם (sta"m), acronym of סִפְרֵי קוֹדֶשׁ, תְּפִלִּין, וּמְזוּזוֹת (sifréi qodéš, t'filín um'zuzót).

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