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mikvoth

mikvoth 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 mikvoth

What is mikvoth the plural of?
Mikvoth is the plural of mikveh.

Words near mikvoth in the dictionary

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

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