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Seder

Seder

10 7.9
A special dinner on the first night of Passover with set actions and symbolic foods
  • noun
  • /ˈseɪdər/
translation icon : séder
  • I was thinking about it at the Passover seder last night.
  • Passover Seder

Examples

  • During Passover, families often gather around the table for the Seder to remember the Exodus from Egypt.

  • During Passover, he held a Seder in his tiny, dusty apartment.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Well, I did go to a seder once.

    Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)

  • Then they sit down at the seder table.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • It's so nice to get together for the Seder.

    Café Society (2016)

  • Are you guys doing a seder?

    Confess, Fletch (2022)

  • Just attended my first Seder.

    Celebrity (1998)

  • I'm at my sister's for a Seder.

    Hollywood Ending (2002)

  • Every year of my life I've been at this Seder.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt and we dramatically celebrate the Passover Seder as if we are participants.

    Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus (2015)

Synonyms

Passover supper
vsSeder
5.9

A special family meal on the first night of Passover with traditional foods and rituals

emphasizes ritual readings rather than focus on traditional foods

How Ceremonial

Seder
10 7.9
holiday meal
4 1.1
family dinner
32 1.0
meal
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Seder singular
Seders plural

Etymology

The word Seder comes from the Hebrew word seder, which means 'order' or 'arrangement'. That's why a Seder is the special Passover meal with a fixed order of foods, readings, and actions to tell the story of the Jewish people leaving Egypt.