Megillah Definition & Meaning

megillah
noun
  1. (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account; "he insisted on giving us the whole megillah"
  2. (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim

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