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tena'im

tena'im is the alternative form of tna'im.

Meaning of tna'im

Noun

tna'im pl (plural only)

  1. (Judaism, plural, plural-only) An informal document containing the terms and expectations for a betrothed couple.
    • The tna'im contained guarantees of sufficient substance that the couple's future might now be seen as entirely settled.2000 February 1, Jacob Katz, Tradition and Crisis: Jewish Society at the End of the Middle Ages, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 115

Questions about tena'im

What is tena'im the alternative form of?
Tena'im is the alternative form of tna'im.

Words near tena'im in the dictionary

  1. ten-wheeler
  2. ten-wheelers
  3. ten-year series
  4. Tena
  5. tena koe
  6. tena'im
  7. tenability
  8. tenable
  9. tenableness
  10. tenably
  11. tenace

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