Ashk. Heb., Eng. /mah"gid/ ; Seph. Hab. /mah geed"/ , n. , pl. maggidim Ashk. Heb. /mah gee"dim/ ; Seph. Heb. /mah gee deem"/ , maggids . Judaism.
(esp. in Poland and Russia) a wandering Jewish preacher whose sermons contained religious and moral instruction and words of comfort and hope.
[ 1890-95; maggidh lit., narrator, messenger ]