[Seph. mahkh-zohr; Ashk. mahkh-zohr, -zawr, -zuh
r] 
[Seph. mahkh-zaw-reem; Ashk. mahkh-zoh-rim] , English. | mach⋅zors. Hebrew. mahzor. |
| mach·zor (mäKH'zôr', -zər, mäKH-zōr') n. Variant of mahzor. |
| mah·zor also mach·zor (mäKH'zôr', -zər, mäKH-zōr') n. pl. mah·zor·im also mach·zor·im (-zôr'ĭm, -zô-rēm') or mah·zors also mach·zors The Jewish prayer book containing rituals prescribed for holidays. [Mishnaic Hebrew maḥāzôr, cycle, mahzor, from ḥāzar, to go around, return; see ḥḏr in Semitic roots.] |
machzor
originally a Jewish prayer book arranged according to liturgical chronology and used throughout the entire year. Though cantors (hazzanim) still use such a book, mahzor has come to mean the festival prayer book, as distinguished from the siddur, the prayer book used on the ordinary sabbath and on weekdays.
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