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hupah

hupah is the alternative form of chuppah.

Meaning of chuppah

Noun

chuppah (plural chuppahs or chuppot or chuppoth)

  1. (Judaism) The canopy over a Jewish couple during their marriage ceremony.
    • The dveykut that accompanied the groom as he walked down the aisle to the chupah was truly inspirational.2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 116
  2. (Judaism, figuratively) A marriage ceremony, wedding.

Forms of hupah

pluralhupahs
pluralhupot

Questions about hupah

What is hupah the alternative form of?
Hupah is the alternative form of chuppah.

Words near hupah in the dictionary

  1. Huots
  2. Huozhou
  3. hup
  4. Hupa
  5. Hupa Valley
  6. hupah
  7. hupahs
  8. hupaithric
  9. Hupas
  10. Hupeh
  11. hupehsuchian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hupah (page history and authors); chuppah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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