n., pl., -zu·zahs, also -zu·zas (-zʊz'əz) or -zu·zot (-zū-zôt').
A small piece of parchment inscribed with the biblical passages Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 11:13-21 and marked with the word Shaddai, a name of the Almighty, that is rolled up in a container and affixed by many Jewish households to their door frames in conformity with Jewish law and as a sign of their faith.
[Hebrew məzûzâ, doorpost, mezuzah.]
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