bar mitzvah

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Etymology

From Hebrew בר מצווה / בַּר מִצְוָה (literally “of the age of mitzvah”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪts.və/
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Noun

bar mitzvah (plural bar mitzvahs or b'nai mitzvah)

  2. (Judaism) A Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys.
  3. (Judaism) A boy who has come of age.

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Verb

bar mitzvah (third-person singular simple present bar mitzvahs, present participle bar mitzvahing, simple past and past participle bar mitzvahed)

  1. (transitive, usually passive voice) To initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony.
    He was bar mitzvahed at the Kotel.

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