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.
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
1kəthubbāh 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 HartleyThe 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
Judaism the contract that states the obligations within Jewish marriage
Origin of ketubah
1from Hebrew, literally: document
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