Definition of Seder

1. Noun. (Judaism) the ceremonial dinner on the first night (or both nights) of Passover.

Exact synonyms: Passover Supper
Specialized synonyms: Last Supper, Lord's Supper
Category relationships: Judaism
Generic synonyms: Supper

Definition of Seder

1. Noun. (Judaism) The ceremonial meal held on the first night or two nights of Passover. ¹

2. Noun. (Judaism) One of the 54 parts into which the Torah is divided. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seder

1. a Jewish ceremonial dinner [n -DARIM or -DERS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seder

sedent
sedentarily
sedentariness
sedentarisation
sedentarise
sedentarised
sedentarises
sedentarising
sedentarization
sedentarize
sedentarized
sedentarizes
sedentarizing
sedentary
sedentism
seder
sederholmite
seders
sederunt
sederunts
sedes
sedevacantism
sedevacantist
sedevacantists
sedge
sedge bird
sedge family
sedge frog
sedge frogs
sedge warbler

Literary usage of Seder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Princeton Theological Review by Princeton Theological Seminary (1914)
"Seder xi. contains Jehovah once, Elohim not at all; and even this ... Seder xii. begins and perhaps ends with Jehovah; seder xiii. begins and ends with ..."

2. Geonica by Louis Ginzberg (1909)
"the printed text and the MSS., as none of them were contained in the original Seder Rab Amram. There is, of course, no need to lose time in adducing proofs ..."

3. Original Virtue, and Other Short Studies by S. Levy (1907)
"THE CHAEM OF THE Seder WHEN the Seder casts its soothing spell upon us, ... The Jew's home is his castle, but on Seder evening the child usurps the place of ..."

4. The Jewish Religion by Michael Friedländer (1891)
"These four cups were considered of such importance for the Seder-evening that the poor were provided as of right with wine for the arha ..."

5. Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1908)
"Rabbi Salzman read the following report of the Committee on Seder Haggadah: REPORT ... The Manuscript of the "Seder Haggadah" for Passover, then submitted, ..."

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