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Elijah's chair

noun

Definition of Elijah's chair

: an empty chair that is traditionally reserved among Jews for the prophet Elijah during the circumcision ceremony

History and Etymology for Elijah's chair

after Elijah, 9th century b.c. Hebrew prophet

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