mikveh
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- 18
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- 19
- Letters
- 6
/ˈmɪkfə/(UK)
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/ˈmɪkfə/(UK) · /ˈmɪkvə/(UK) · /ˈmɪkvə/(US)
Definition of mikveh
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Judaism)A ritual bath in which various Jewish purifications are performed.
“On the night before her wedding Channa Washinsky would certainly have immersed herself in the ritually cleansing waters of the mikveh.”
“Adjacent were the remains of a mikvah bath for the ritual purification of women, and a kosher abattoir for the ritual slaughter of beasts [...].”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew מִקְוֶה (mikvé, “collection [of water]”).
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