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selihoth

selihoth is the alternative form of selichot.

Meaning of selichot

Noun

selichot pl (plural only)

  1. (Judaism, plural, plural-only) Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays, and on fast days.

Questions about selihoth

What is selihoth the alternative form of?
Selihoth is the alternative form of selichot.

Words near selihoth in the dictionary

  1. Seligmans
  2. Seligs
  3. Seligson
  4. Seligsons
  5. selihot
  6. selihoth
  7. Selim
  8. Selimir
  9. Selimovic
  10. Selimovics
  11. Selims

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Adapted from Wiktionary: selihoth (page history and authors); selichot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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