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semikhot

semikhot is the plural of semikhah.

Meaning of semikhah

Noun

semikhah (countable and uncountable, plural semikhot)

  1. (Judaism) The ordination of a rabbi.
    • One black hat shul in my neighborhood, when looking for a new pulpit rabbi, listed as one of their requirements that the rabbi needed to hold a four-year secular university degree in addition to his semicha.2010 March 8, cindys, “How Nazism Shaped Islamist Views”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)

Questions about semikhot

What is semikhot the plural of?
Semikhot is the plural of semikhah.

Words near semikhot in the dictionary

  1. semikah
  2. semikernels
  3. semiketal
  4. semiketals
  5. semikhah
  6. semikhot
  7. semikilled
  8. semikilling
  9. semilabeled
  10. semilaminar
  11. semilanceolate

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