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bat mitzvah definition

☆ bat mitz·vah or bat mizvah bat miz′·vah (bät mits′və; Heb bät′mits vä′)

  1. a Jewish girl who has arrived at the age of religious responsibility, usually 13 years
  2. the ceremony celebrating this event

Etymology: < Heb bat, daughter + mitsva, commandment

to confirm (a girl) as a bat mitzvah

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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