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mikve

mikve is the alternative spelling 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 mikve

pluralmikves

Questions about mikve

What is mikve the alternative spelling of?
Mikve is the alternative spelling of mikveh.

Words near mikve in the dictionary

  1. Mikulskis
  2. mikva
  3. mikvah
  4. mikvahs
  5. mikvas
  6. mikve
  7. mikveh
  8. mikvehs
  9. mikveot
  10. mikves
  11. mikvos

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