单词 | bar-mitzvah |
释义 | Bar-Mitzvahn. Judaism. 1. A Jewish boy who has reached the age of thirteen, regarded as the age of religious responsibility. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [noun] > adult in religion houseling person1556 Bar-Mitzvah1861 1861 Children's Jewish Advocate VII. 84 You look like my Samuel, whom I have not seen since he was Barmitsva. 1891 M. Friedländer Jewish Relig. 481 The boy when thirteen years old is bar-mitsvah..bound to obey the Law, and responsible for his deeds. 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto (1893) i. x. 97 My Ebenezer is Bar-mitzvah next Shabbos week. 2. The ‘confirmation’ ceremony in a synagogue on this occasion. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confirmation > [noun] > Jewish Bar-Mitzvah1877 Bat Mitzvah1950 1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 134/1 This dull routine..continued till Emanuel was thirteen years old, when he returned to Neisse, to solemnize his religious majority (Bar-mitzva). 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? ix. 181 Bar-mitzvah is the Hebrew ceremony celebrating a boy's reaching the state of manhood at the age of thirteen. 1960 Commentary June 493/2 Its willingness to accept boys over eleven for Bar Mitzvah preparation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bar-mitzvahv. Judaism. transitive. To confirm (a boy) in the Jewish faith at a bar mitzvah ceremony (see Bar-Mitzvah n.). Frequently in passive. ΚΠ 1922 Wisconsin Jewish Chron. 22 Sept. iii. 1/3 She was the daughter of the old Ruff, the very man who had ‘Barmitzvahed’ him. 1976 Fantastic Feb. 38/1 If only he could have a Mosaic guide who would teach him Torah, and Bar Mitzvah him in a clean, lofty synagogue. 2011 Church Times 8 July 48/2 My sister married the son of a famous rabbi, and their son, Abraham, has been bar-mitzvahed. Derivatives bar-ˈmitzvahed adj. ΚΠ 1960 G. Simpson People in Families iv. 69 The bar-mitzvahed boy making his address to the religious community. 2017 Tampa Bay (Florida) Times (Nexis) 26 Nov. 1 Bar-mitzvahed tweens were hoisted in chairs to Hava Nagila. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1861v.1922 |
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