genizah

Meaning

Noun

• A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.

Origin

• From Hebrew גְּנִיזָה ("archiving, preservation, storage; hiding; genizah") (plural גְּנִיזוֹת), from Old Persian *ganza-, from Old Median *ganza- ("depository; treasure").