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| lambskin |
articles made of lamb hide, such as leather or parchment. [1/2 definitions] |
| mezuzah |
a small case containing a piece of parchment inscribed with Biblical passages, that is traditionally attached to the doorpost of a Jewish home. |
| needlepoint |
a type of lace in which the pattern is worked on parchment or paper. [1/2 definitions] |
| palimpsest |
a piece of parchment or other writing material on which a text has been written over one or more earlier texts that are still partially visible. |
| phylactery |
one of two small leather boxes worn strapped on the left arm and forehead by religious Jewish men during regular morning worship, that contain pieces of parchment bearing passages from Scripture. [1/2 definitions] |
| roll |
a piece of parchment or paper that is or may be rolled into the shape of a cylinder; scroll. [1/32 definitions] |
| scroll |
a roll of parchment, papyrus, or the like, esp. one with writing on it. [1/4 definitions] |
| torah |
the sacred parchment scrolls containing the Pentateuch, from which sections are read during religious services. [1/2 definitions] |
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