siddur

English

Etymology

From Hebrew סִידּוּר.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪdʊə/

Noun

siddur (plural siddurs or siddurim)

1. (Judaism) A prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers.
   • 2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 54:

     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

See also

• mahzor / machzor

Anagrams

• Druids, druids