doorpost

noun

door·​post ˈdȯr-ˌpōst 

: doorjamb

Examples of doorpost in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On the wall across from it, empty shell casings are retrofitted into Jewish mezuzah doorposts, which hold a piece of parchment inscribed with Hebrew verses from the Torah. —Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024

Some have sought her advice about the safety of keeping their mezuzahs publicly displayed on their doorposts and about discussing Israel with their non-Jewish relatives. —Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024

The first book is a do-it-yourself guide to understanding every aspect of the Jewish faith from keeping Kosher to affixing a mezuzah on the doorpost of a home and every other ritual and practice in between. —Alan Goch, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2021

In Israel, the country's chief rabbi urged observant Jews to refrain from kissing the mezuza, the small box containing a prayer scroll that is posted by Jews on their doorposts. —Nicole Winfield, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2020

In Jewish tradition, the case containing parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah is attached to the doorpost of a Jewish home. —Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2019

Carter notes how commands were sewn into their clothing, posted on their doorposts, and bound to their wrists. —Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2018

They were told to mark their doorposts of their homes with the blood of a lamb. —Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 29 Mar. 2018

For that reason, mezuzahs, the miniature prayer scrolls that millions of Jews in the U.S. and elsewhere display on their front doorposts, are rarely visible in France. —Time, 29 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1535, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for doorpost

• almost
• engrossed
• foremost
• hindmost
• impost
• inmost
• lamppost
• leftmost
• necrosed
• outpost
• pancoast
• rightmost

Kids Definition

doorpost

noun

door·​post -ˌpōst 

: doorjamb