Judaism a prayer recited over wine or bread on the eve of or on the day of the Sabbath or of a festival so as to set the day apart as holy
Origin of kiddush
Talmudic Hebrew kidush, sanctification from root kdš: see kaddishkiddush
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Kiddush
noun
JudaismThe traditional blessing and prayer recited over wine on the eve of the Sabbath or a festival.
Origin of Kiddush
Mishnaic Hebrew qiddûš sanctification from Hebrew qiddēš to sanctify derived stem of qādaš to be holy qdšTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural kiddushes or kiddushim)
Origin
Hebrew קידוש (kidúsh, “kiddush”, literally “sanctification”).
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