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bar mitzvah

(bɑːʳ mɪtsvə)
Word forms: plural bar mitzvahs
countable noun
A bar mitzvah is a ceremony that takes place on the thirteenth birthday of a Jewish boy, after which he is regarded as an adult.

Bar Mitzvah in British English

or Barmitzvah (bɑːˈmɪtsvə) sometimes not capitals Judaism
adjective
1. 
(of a Jewish boy) having assumed full religious obligations, being at least thirteen years of age
noun
2. 
the occasion, ceremony, or celebration of that event
3. 
the boy himself on that day
Word origin
Hebrew: son of the law

bar mitzvah in American English

(bɑrˈmɪtsvə; Hebrew ˌbɑʀmɪtsˈvɑ) or ˈbar mizvah (bɑrˈmɪtsvə; Hebrew ˌbɑʀmɪtsˈvɑ)
1. 
a Jewish boy who has arrived at the age of religious responsibility, thirteen years
2.  US
the ceremony celebrating this event
Word forms: ˈbar mitzvahed or ˈbar mitzvahing [also B- M-]
3. 
to confirm (a boy) as a bar mitzvah
Word origin
Yiddish bar-mitsve < Heb-Aram < Aram bar, son of + Heb mitsva, commandment

Examples of 'Bar Mitzvah' in a sentence
Bar Mitzvah

But on the morning of Michael's bar mitzvah, she sat proudly in the synagogue--Sara beside her--as the services began.
Ellis, Julie LASTING TREASURES (1993)
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