Definitions for tallith

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tallith tal·lith

Spelling: [Ashkenazic Hebrew, English tah-lis; Sephardic Hebrew tah- Tallith is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in tallith (ahilltt).

Definitions for tallith

noun

1. a shawllike garment of wool, silk, or the like, with fringes, or zizith, at the four corners, worn around the shoulders by Orthodox and Conservative (sometimes also Reform) Jews, as during the morning service.

Origin of tallith

First recorded in 1605-15, tallith is from the Hebrew word ṭallīth literally, cover, cloak

Examples for tallith

She saw him go down in his working clothes; she did not know that he had hidden the tallith under his apron.

One father spread his tallith over his sons, and killed them and himself.

They laid the body on the floor in front of the prison cells and covered it with the tallith as with a shroud.