Definition of Bat mitzvah

1. Noun. (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility.

Exact synonyms: Bas Mitzvah, Bath Mitzvah
Category relationships: Judaism
Generic synonyms: Induction, Initiation, Installation

2. Verb. Confirm in the bat mitzvah ceremony, of girls in the Jewish faith.
Generic synonyms: Covenant

Definition of Bat mitzvah

1. Noun. (Judaism) A Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl. ¹

2. Noun. (Judaism) Someone who has come of age. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To initiate someone in a bat mitzvah ceremony ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bat Mitzvah

bat-pads
bat-phone
bat a thousand
bat an eye
bat an eyelash
bat an eyelid
bat around
bat away
bat boy
bat five hundred
bat in
bat mitzvah (current term)
bat one's eyelashes
bat one's eyes
bat one thousand
bat out
bat phone
bat speed
bata
batable
batailled
batanopride
batard
batards
batata

Literary usage of Bat mitzvah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Prophets and Profits: Managerialism and the Restructuring of Jewish Schools by Chaya Herman (2006)
"We [the schools] will continue to offer a Bat-Mitzvah programme. • Several congregations have indicated that they are willing to accommodate pupils from ..."

2. Erased in a Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians by Joe Stork (2002)
"... been responsible for such "qualitative and successful activities," as the shooting attack on a bat mitzvah celebration in Hadera on January 17, 2002. ..."

3. The Jewish Travel Guide by Betsy Sheldon (2001)
"Bar/bat mitzvah. The status of a boy or girl upon reaching the age of 13 (in traditional communites, the age is 12 for girls), when he or she is recognized ..."

4. Much Bigger Than Grownups: Chronicles of a Native South Africanby Shelley Wood Gauld by Shelley Wood Gauld (2006)
"... bat mitzvah: literally "Daughter of the Covenant"; the female equivalent of a Jewish boy's "Bar Mitzvah" ..."

5. Return to the Fountainhead of the Faith: Explore World Ideologies, Church ...by Shelley Wood Gauld by Shelley Wood Gauld (2007)
"... ww shesh (or Vav) SH/SH kippah (Yiddish: yarmulka) AH / P /1 / K Shlomoh Bayit Rishon ben (or bar) Ben David bar mitzvah (bat mitzvah) aviv Magen-David ..."

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