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Answer for the clue "Used in synagogues today on solemn occasions ", 7 letters:
shophar

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n. an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions [syn: shofar ] [also: shophroth (pl)]

Usage examples of shophar.

A brass band bleated like two-score shophars in a storm of thunder -- my first experience of music.

The original shophar, no longer blowable, I'd left in the Belly with Mother's purse and all my collected tokens except the stick and watch, the rest having done their job.

But the late Dean o' Flunks returned my shophar and dismissed the two guards, for which favors I was grateful enough, and Greene whispered congratulations on my passage through the Turnstile.