MIKVAH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("mikvah" is a kind of...):

bath (a soaking and washing in a bathtub)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)

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