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单词 bar-mitzvah
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Bar-Mitzvahn.

Brit. /bɑːˈmɪtsvɑː/, /bɑːˈmɪtsvə/, U.S. /ˌbɑr ˈmɪtsvə/
Forms: Also Bar-mitsvah, Bar-mitzva.
Etymology: Hebrew, lit. ‘son of commandment, man of duty’.
Judaism.
1. A Jewish boy who has reached the age of thirteen, regarded as the age of religious responsibility.
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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.
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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.

Brit. /bɑːˈmɪtsvə/, /bɑːˈmɪtsvɑː/, U.S. /ˌbɑrˈmɪtsvə/
Forms: see Bar-Mitzvah n. Also with capital initials.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Bar-Mitzvah n.
Etymology: < Bar-Mitzvah n.
Judaism.
transitive. To confirm (a boy) in the Jewish faith at a bar mitzvah ceremony (see Bar-Mitzvah n.). Frequently in passive.
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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.
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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).
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