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mikva

mikva is the alternative form of mikveh.

Meaning of mikveh

Noun

mikveh (plural mikvehs or mikveot or mikvos or mikvot or mikvoth)

  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.2006, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, Vintage, published 2007, page 197

Forms of mikva

pluralmikvas

Questions about mikva

What is mikva the alternative form of?
Mikva is the alternative form of mikveh.

Words near mikva in the dictionary

  1. Mikulicz disease
  2. Mikulicz syndrome
  3. Mikulov
  4. Mikulski
  5. Mikulskis
  6. mikva
  7. mikvah
  8. mikvahs
  9. mikvas
  10. mikve
  11. mikveh

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