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table song

table song noun: a hymn sung communally by Ashkenazi Jews at the dinner-table.

Noun

table song (plural table songs)

  1. A hymn sung communally by Ashkenazi Jews at the dinner-table.
    • Of unknown authorship, it seems that it was sung as a Sabbath table-song and a festival table-song for holidays in general.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 122

Forms of table song

pluraltable songs

Questions about table song

What does table song mean?
Table song means a hymn sung communally by Ashkenazi Jews at the dinner-table.
What part of speech is table song?
Table song is a noun.
What is the plural of table song?
The plural of table song is table songs.

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