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o·mer  (mr, mr)
n. Judaism
1. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to 1/10 ephah, about 3.5 liters (3.7 quarts).
2.
a. An offering of a sheaf or an omer of the first harvest of barley to a priest in the Temple on the second day of Passover.
b. Omer A 49-day liturgical season, originally a harvest festival, from the second day of Passover to the first day of Shavuot, during which marriages are prohibited and signs of mourning are observed, except during Passover and on Lag b'Omer.
[Hebrew 'mer; see mr in Semitic roots. Sense 2b, from the offering of a sheaf of barley on the second day of Passover.]


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Omer took off his broad-brimmed hat, and sat down and panted.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
D'Artagnan comforted the most needy of these brotherly miseries by a prudent distribution of the crowns of the society; then, having taken care that these crowns should be employed in the physical improvement of the troop, he appointed a trysting place in the north of France, between Berghes and Saint Omer.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The souls of our pure founders, the spirits of Hugh de Payen and Godfrey de Saint Omer, and of the blessed Seven who first joined in dedicating their lives to the service of the Temple, are disturbed even in the enjoyment of paradise itself.
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