lyrelike

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English

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Etymology

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lyre +‎ -like

Adjective

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lyrelike (comparative more lyrelike, superlative most lyrelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a lyre.
    • 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 272:
      R. Judah said that the lyrelike instrument of the sanctuary had seven strings; in messianic days it will have eight strings; and in the world-to-come it will have ten strings, as written in Ps. 33:2, 3.

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