elijah seat
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
In Jewish ceremonies, an unoccupied seat reserved for the prophet Elijah.
Example Sentences
- "But Cohn can and does extend "recognition," suspecting from the beginning a significant core of feeling in the immense isolato, seeing hints of a "true gentleman" and even going so far as to offer him the Elijah seat at the Seder."
- "Because of my schedule of chores, the seder was half-over when I arrived and there was a choice of two seats: one right beside the rabbi, or else Elijah's seat, a chair that sits empty in case the prophet Elijah turns up with the Messiah in tow, on his donkey. I sat beside Michael as I am not Elijah, and I have absolutely no messianic pretensions or connections, and thus the Elijah seat implied responsibilities that I did not care to take on."
- "The Elijah seat on which the sandák sits and the performance of the brit at the synagogue as a religious ritual are elements that help affirm the link to Judaism."