megillah
/məˈɡɪlə/
noun
- A long, complicated, or tedious story or explanation (alternate spelling of megilla).
- I don't have time for the whole megillah, just tell me what happened.
- She went into a megillah about her car troubles.
- He told a megillah about his day at work that put everyone to sleep.
- In Judaism, one of the five books of the Hebrew Bible (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther) read on certain holidays.
- The Book of Esther is the most well-known megillah, read on Purim.
- During the holiday, the congregation listened to the megillah being chanted.
- She studied the megillah of Ruth for her religious class.