genizah

noun /ɡɛˈniːzə/

1. A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.

   The Cairo Genizah was discovered in 1896.

Where it comes from

From Hebrew גְּנִיזָה (g'nizá, “archiving, preservation, storage; hiding; genizah”) (plural גְּנִיזוֹת (g'nizót)), from Old Persian *ganzam, from Old Median *ganǰam (“depository; treasure”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry genizah (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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