mikveh

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈmɪkfə/(UK)
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/ˈmɪkfə/(UK) · /ˈmɪkvə/(UK) · /ˈmɪkvə/(US)

Definition of mikveh

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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 [...].”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מִקְוֶה (mikvé, “collection [of water]”).

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