Haggadah

[huh-gah-duh; Seph. Heb. hah-gah-dah; Ashk. Heb. hah-gaw-duh]

Hag·ga·dah

[huh-gah-duh; Seph. Heb. hah-gah-dah; Ashk. Heb. hah-gaw-duh]
noun, plural Sephardic Hebrew Hag·ga·doth, Hag·ga·dot [-dawt] , Ashkenazic Hebrew Hag·ga·dos [-dohs] , English Hag·ga·das.
1.
a book containing the liturgy for the Seder service on the Jewish festival of Passover.

Origin:
< Hebrew; see Aggadah

hag·gad·ic [huh-gad-ik, -gah-dik] , hag·gad·i·cal, adjective
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Haggadah or Haggodoh (həˈɡɑːdə, Hebrew haɡaˈdaː, -ɡɔˈdɔ, həˈɡɑːdə, Hebrew haɡaˈdaː, -ɡɔˈdɔ)
 
n , pl -dahs, -das, -doth
1.  a.  a book containing the order of service of the traditional Passover meal
 b.  See also Seder the narrative of the Exodus from Egypt that constitutes the main part of that service
2.  another word for Aggadah
 
[C19: from Hebrew haggādāh a story, from hagged to tell]
 
Haggodoh or Haggodoh (həˈɡɑːdə, Hebrew haɡaˈdaː, -ɡɔˈdɔ, həˈɡɑːdə, Hebrew haɡaˈdaː, -ɡɔˈdɔ, -ˈdoːt)
 
n
 
[C19: from Hebrew haggādāh a story, from hagged to tell]
 
haggadic or Haggodoh
 
adj
 
hag'gadical or Haggodoh
 
adj

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