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1. (n.) bar mitzvah
a ceremony for admitting a boy of 13 as an adult member of the Jewish community.
2. bar mitzvah
the boy participating in this ceremony.
3. (v.t.) bar mitzvah
to administer this ceremony to:
Our son was bar mitzvahed last Saturday.
Etymology: (1860–65; < Biblical Aramaic bar son + Heb mi&sdotbelow;wāh divine law, commandment)
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1. (verb) bar mitzvah
(Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility
"a bar mitzvah is an important social event"
2. (verb) bar mitzvah
confirm in the bar mitzvah ceremony, of boys in the Jewish faith
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