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mikvot

mikvot 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 mikvot

What is mikvot the plural of?
Mikvot is the plural of mikveh.

Words near mikvot in the dictionary

  1. mikveh
  2. mikvehs
  3. mikveot
  4. mikves
  5. mikvos
  6. mikvot
  7. mikvoth
  8. mikweh
  9. mikwehs
  10. mil
  11. mil'tary

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