- a large drinking bowl
- the amount of liquor that it holds
Origin of jorum
probably after Joram (2 Samuel (Bible) 8:10), bringer of silver vessels from Classical Hebrew (language) Y?r?mjorum
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jorum
noun
- A large drinking bowl.
- The amount that such a bowl contains.
Origin of jorum
Perhaps after Joram , who brought vessels of silver, gold, and brass to King David (II Samuel 8:10)THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural jorums)
Origin
Perhaps from the Biblical Joram who "brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass" Samuel II 8:10 Or perhaps from the Arabic "djara", which means "clay vase with a large opening".
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