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mikvehs

mikvehs is the plural 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

Questions about mikvehs

What is mikvehs the plural of?
Mikvehs is the plural of mikveh.

Words near mikvehs in the dictionary

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

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