"bat mitzvah" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bɑt ˈmɪtsvə/ Audio: en-us-bat mitzvah.ogg [US] Forms: bat mitzvahs [plural], b'not mitzvah [plural]
Etymology: From Hebrew בַּת מִצְוָה (bát mitsvá, “bat mitzvah, someone who has come of age”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|בת מצוה|בַּת מִצְוָה|bat mitzvah, someone who has come of age|tr=bát mitsvá}} Hebrew בַּת מִצְוָה (bát mitsvá, “bat mitzvah, someone who has come of age”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|b'not mitzvah}} bat mitzvah (plural bat mitzvahs or b'not mitzvah)
  1. (Judaism) A Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl. Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism Synonyms (via Yiddish): bas mitzvah, bath mitzvah Related terms: bar mitzvah Translations (Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl): batmicvo (Esperanto), bat mitsva (Finnish), Bat-Mizwa (German), בַּת מִצְוָה (bát mitsvá) [feminine] (Hebrew), bat micwa [feminine] (Polish), бат ми́цва (bat mícva) (Russian), בת־מיצווה (bas-mitsve) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-bat_mitzvah-en-noun-SSgBZUEu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 44 10 Disambiguation of 'via Yiddish': 85 3 12 Disambiguation of 'Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl': 63 37
  2. (Judaism) A girl who has come of age. Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism Translations (girl who has come of age): bat mitsva (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-bat_mitzvah-en-noun-D3Dat2eG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 44 10 Disambiguation of 'girl who has come of age': 28 72

Verb

IPA: /bɑt ˈmɪtsvə/ Audio: en-us-bat mitzvah.ogg [US] Forms: bat mitzvahs [present, singular, third-person], bat mitzvahing [participle, present], bat mitzvahed [participle, past], bat mitzvahed [past]
Etymology: From Hebrew בַּת מִצְוָה (bát mitsvá, “bat mitzvah, someone who has come of age”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|בת מצוה|בַּת מִצְוָה|bat mitzvah, someone who has come of age|tr=bát mitsvá}} Hebrew בַּת מִצְוָה (bát mitsvá, “bat mitzvah, someone who has come of age”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bat mitzvah (third-person singular simple present bat mitzvahs, present participle bat mitzvahing, simple past and past participle bat mitzvahed)
  1. (transitive) To initiate (someone) in a bat mitzvah ceremony. Tags: transitive Synonyms: bat-mitzvah Translations (initiate someone in a bat mitzvah ceremony): tulla bat mitsvaksi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-bat_mitzvah-en-verb-y4kaCJx8

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