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bar-mitzvah

bar-mitzvah is the alternative form of bar mitzvah.

Meaning of bar mitzvah

Noun

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

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

See all 3 meanings of bar mitzvah

Forms of bar-mitzvah

Noun
pluralbar-mitzvahs
pluralb'nai-mitzvah
Verb
third-person singular presentbar-mitzvahs
present participlebar-mitzvahing
past participlebar-mitzvahed
pastbar-mitzvahed

Questions about bar-mitzvah

What is bar-mitzvah the alternative form of?
Bar-mitzvah is the alternative form of bar mitzvah.

Words near bar-mitzvah in the dictionary

  1. bar-keeper
  2. bar-keepers
  3. bar-lamb
  4. bar-lambs
  5. Bar-le-Duc
  6. bar-mitzvah
  7. bar-mitzvahed
  8. bar-mitzvahing
  9. bar-mitzvahs
  10. bar-resto
  11. bar-restos

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