Bat Mitzvah (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun (often initial capital letters)
  1. a solemn ceremony, chiefly among Reform and Conservative Jews, that is held in the synagogue on Friday night or Saturday morning to admit formally as an adult member of the Jewish community a girl 12 to 13 years old.
  2. the girl participating in this ceremony.
verb (used with object)
  1. to administer the ceremony of bat mitzvah to.
adjective
  1. (of a Jewish girl) having attained religious majority at the age of twelve
noun
  1. the date of, or, in some congregations, a ceremony marking, this event
  2. the girl herself on that day
Bat Mitzvah (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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