Bar Mitzvah Definition

bärmitsvə; Heb bäpmitsvä

bar-mitzvahed, bar mitzvahing, bar mitzvahs, bar-mitzvah

noun

A Jewish male of at least 13 years of age, considered an adult and responsible for observing religious law.

American Heritage

A Jewish boy who has arrived at the age of religious responsibility, thirteen years.

Webster's New World

The ceremony to recognize a boy as a bar mitzvah.

American Heritage

The ceremony celebrating this event, with its attendant festivities.

Webster's New World

(Judaism) A boy who has come of age.

Wiktionary

verb

To recognize as a bar mitzvah.

American Heritage

To confirm (a boy) as a bar mitzvah.

Webster's New World

To initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Bar Mitzvah

Singular:

bar mitzvah

Plural:

Hebrew bar miṭwâ Aramaic bar son bn in Semitic roots Hebrew miṭwâ commandment mitzvah

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Hebrew בַּר מִצְוָה (“bar mitzvah, someone who has come of age”)

From Wiktionary