| Maccabean |
|
adjective - Of or pertaining to w:Judas Maccabeus, Judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as, the princes; times.
(webster)
|
|
| mamzer |
|
noun
- a child whose parents were not married
- a child whose parents were of different faiths
|
| masoretic |
|
adjective
- Of or relating to the Masora, or to its authors. Masoretic points and accents, the vowel points and accents of the Hebrew text of the Bible, of which the first mention is in the Masora.
|
| matzo |
|
noun - A thin, unleavened bread;
- Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover.
|
| matzoh |
|
noun
- A brittle, flat piece of unleavened bread, which is usually eaten at the Passover.
|
|
| megillah |
|
noun
- (Judaism) any of the Five Scrolls of the Hebrew Scriptures (Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther) to be read on certain days, especially Esther read at the festival of Purim
- any long, boring story
- 1997: "You can"t name it. It"s too big or evil or outside your experience. It"s also shit because it"s garbage, it"s waste material. But I"m making a whole big out of this. What I really want to get at is the ordinary thing, the ordinary life behind the thing." " Don DeLillo?, Underworld
|
| menorah |
|
noun
- (Judaism) A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
- 1985: "Heathen muck," Liberalis said, as the pillaging began. The veil of the Temple was rent. The great was taken away. " Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
- (Judaism) A candelabrum with eight branches used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.
|
| Messiah |
|
proper noun
- (Christianity) Jesus
|
| mezuzah |
|
noun
- (Judaism) a piece of parchment inscribed with Pentateuchal texts and attached in a case to the doorpost of a house, in accordance with Jewish law that says that "the Jews must remember the Tenth Plague and the blood on the doorposts."
- 1973: Slothrop gives him the mandala. He hopes it will work like the mantra that Enzian told him once, mba-kayere (I am passed over), mba-kayere"a spell against Marvy tonight, against Tchitcherine. A . Safe passage through a bad night " Thomas Pynchon, Gravity"s Rainbow
|
| miter |
|
verb
- To finish a material at an angle, frequently 45 degrees, such that it will fit up tightly against another piece of material, as with a picture frame.
|
| Mosaic |
|
proper noun (wikipedia, Mosaic (web browser))
- (computing) an early web browser
adjective
- of or relating to Moses, his laws and writings
|
