ketubah

[ Ashkenazic Hebrew, English kuh-too-buh; Sephardic Hebrew kuh-too-bah ]

noun,plural ke·tu·both, ke·tu·bot, ke·tu·bos [Ashkenazic Hebrew kuh-too-bohs; Sephardic Hebrew kuh-too-bawt], /Ashkenazic Hebrew kəˈtu boʊs; Sephardic Hebrew kə tuˈbɔt/, English ke·tu·bahs.Hebrew.
  1. the formal contract in a Jewish religious marriage that includes specific financial protection for the wife in the event that the husband dies or divorces her.

Origin of ketubah

1
kəthubbāh literally, something written

Words Nearby ketubah

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How to use ketubah in a sentence

  • His duties toward her are set forth in detail in the usual form of the ketubah.

    Women's Wild Oats | C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • The ketubah was the document of a "gift on account of nuptials to be celebrated."

    Folkways | William Graham Sumner

British Dictionary definitions for ketubah

ketubah

/ (kətuˈbaː) /


noun
  1. Judaism the contract that states the obligations within Jewish marriage

Origin of ketubah

1
from Hebrew, literally: document

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