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qiddush

qiddush is the alternative form of kiddush.

Meaning of kiddush

Noun

kiddush (plural kiddushes or kiddushim)

  1. (Judaism) A blessing recited over wine or grape juice in commemoration of the sanctity of the Shabbat or other Jewish holy day.
    • Cohn began the seder with a kiddush for wine, and the first two toasts he proposed were the traditional ones to life and to freedom.1982, Bernard Malamud, “The Schooltree”, in God’s Grace, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Forms of qiddush

pluralqiddushes
pluralqiddushim

Questions about qiddush

What is qiddush the alternative form of?
Qiddush is the alternative form of kiddush.

Words near qiddush in the dictionary

  1. qibli
  2. QIC
  3. Qichun
  4. QICs
  5. QID
  6. qiddush
  7. Qidong
  8. QIDs
  9. Qidu
  10. Qiemo
  11. Qiezihe

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