Haggadah

[ huh-gah-duh; Sephardic Hebrew hah-gah-dah; Ashkenazic Hebrew hah-gaw-duh ]

/ həˈgɑ də; Sephardic Hebrew hɑ gɑˈdɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew hɑˈgɔ də /

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noun, plural Sephardic Hebrew Hag·ga·doth, Hag·ga·dot

[hah-gah-dawt], /hɑ gɑˈdɔt/, Ashkenazic Hebrew Hag·ga·dos

[hah-gaw-dohs], /hɑˈgɔ doʊs/, English Hag·ga·das.

a book containing the liturgy for the Seder service on the Jewish festival of Passover.

Aggadah.

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Origin of Haggadah

From Hebrew; see origin at Aggadah

OTHER WORDS FROM Haggadah

hag·gad·ic

[huh-gad-ik, -gah-dik], /həˈgæd ɪk, -ˈgɑ dɪk/, hag·gad·i·cal, adjective

Words nearby Haggadah

hagdon, Hagen, Hagerstown, hagfish, Haggada, Haggadah, haggadist, Haggai, haggard, hagged, haggis

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How to use Haggadah in a sentence

In honor of the first Seder tonight, a re-link to a tough review by Leon Weiseltier of a new translation of the Passover Haggadah.
The First Seder is Tonight|David Frum|March 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In every generation, my haggadah teaches me, bigots rise up to discriminate against and attack minorities.
Commentary Whitewashes Discrimination|Raphael Magarik|May 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Philo, expanding a favorite image of the Haggadah, illustrates God's creation by the simile of a king founding a city.
Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria|Norman Bentwich
And judged by this test we see that the Haggadah is the more ancient, the primal development of the Hebrew mind.
Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria|Norman Bentwich

The Haggadah is rich also in allegorical speculation, of which there are traces in the Biblical books themselves.
Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria|Norman Bentwich
So, too, the Haggadah agrees in numerous points with Philo's stories about the patriarchs.
Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria|Norman Bentwich
The model which the writer has had in view in this Haggadah is the forty-first chapter of the Book of Genesis.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel|F. W. Farrar

British Dictionary definitions for Haggadah

Haggadah

Haggodoh

/ (həˈɡɑːdə, Hebrew haɡaˈdaː, -ɡɔˈdɔ) /

noun plural -dahs, -das or -doth (Hebrew -ˈdoːt) Judaism

a book containing the order of service of the traditional Passover meal
the narrative of the Exodus from Egypt that constitutes the main part of that serviceSee also Seder

another word for Aggadah

Derived forms of Haggadah

haggadic (həˈɡædɪk, -ˈɡɑː-) or haggadical, adjective

Word Origin for Haggadah

C19: from Hebrew haggādāh a story, from hagged to tell

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