| 单词 | bat mitzvah |
| 释义 | bat mitzvahor bath mitz·vah, bas mitz·vah[ baht -mits-vuh, bahs; Sephardic Hebrew baht meets-vah; Ashkenazic Hebrew bahs -mits-vuh ] / bɑt ˈmɪts və, bɑs; Sephardic Hebrew ˈbɑt mitsˈvɑ; Ashkenazic Hebrew bɑs ˈmɪts və / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bat mitzvah ON THESAURUS.COM noun (often initial capital letters)a solemn ceremony, chiefly among Reform and Conservative Jews, that is held in the synagogue on Friday night or Saturday morning to admit formally as an adult member of the Jewish community a girl 12 to 13 years old. the girl participating in this ceremony. verb (used with object)to administer the ceremony of bat mitzvah to. Compare bar mitzvah. Origin of bat mitzvahFrom Hebrew bath miṣwāh literally, “daughter of the divine law” WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bat mitzvahbar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, bat mitzvahWords nearby bat mitzvahBatista, batiste, Batley, Batlle y Ordóñez, batman, bat mitzvah, Batna, baton, bâton de commandement, bat one thousand, Baton Rouge Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for bat mitzvahBat Mitzvah / (bɑːt ˈmɪtsvə) sometimes not capitals Judaism / adjective(of a Jewish girl) having attained religious majority at the age of twelve nounthe date of, or, in some congregations, a ceremony marking, this event the girl herself on that day Also called (old-fashioned): Bas Mitzvah Word Origin for Bat Mitzvahfrom Hebrew, literally: daughter of the commandment Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for bat mitzvahbat mitzvah [ (baht, bahs mits-vuh) ] An important ceremony and social event in Judaism marking the beginning of religious responsibility for Jewish girls; it is the less frequently observed counterpart of the bar mitzvah. Bat mitzvah is Hebrew for “daughter of the commandment.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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