/meuh zooz"euh/ ; Seph. Heb. /meuh zooh zah"/ ; Ashk. Heb. /meuh zoo"zeuh/ , n. , pl. mezuzoth, mezuzot, mezuzos Seph. Heb. /-zooh zawt"/ ; Ashk. Heb. /-zoo"zohs/ ; Eng. mezuzahs . Judaism.
a parchment scroll inscribed on one side with the Biblical passages Deut. 6:4-9 and 11:13-21 and on the other side with the word Shaddai (a name applied to God), inserted in a small case or tube so that Shaddai is visible through an aperture in front, and attached by some Jews to the doorpost of the home.
Also, mezuza .
[ 1640-50; mazuzah lit., doorpost ]