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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
Etymology: Hebrew "doorpost" (referring to Deuteronomy 6:9).
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