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MIKVAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mikvah mean? 

MIKVAH (noun)
  The noun MIKVAH has 1 sense:

1. (Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation)play

  Familiarity information: MIKVAH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MIKVAH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("mikvah" is a kind of...):

bath (a soaking and washing in a bathtub)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)


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