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Definition of Chuppah
1. Noun. (Judaism) The canopy over a Jewish couple during their marriage ceremony. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chuppah
1. a canopy used at a Jewish wedding [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chuppah
Literary usage of Chuppah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"The reading- desk on the floor is covered by the "chuppah," or marriage baldachino.
... Returning to places within the chuppah, they are followed by the ..."
2. The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim (1883)
"the friends of the bridegroom' led the bridal pair to the Cheder and the chuppah,
or the bridal chamber and bed. Here it ought to be specially noticed, ..."
3. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1912)
"The bride is led by her father and the groom by his mother. They then take their
places under a nuptial canopy, " chuppah." The chuppah, which is made ..."
4. The Jewish Religion by Michael Friedländer (1891)
"The canopy or chuppah 1 represents symbolically the future home of the married
couple, which they have to guard as a sanctuary, and to render inaccessible ..."
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