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huppah

American  
[khoop-uh, khoop-ah, hoop-uh] / ˈxʊp ə, ˈxʊp ɑ, ˈhʊp ə /
Or chuppah

noun

  1. a canopy under which the Jewish marriage ceremony is performed.


huppah British  
/ ˈhʊpə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of chuppah

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Though the ceremony incorporated Jewish traditions, the couple did not have a free-standing huppah.

From New York Times May 13, 2022

“We felt it would be hubristic to design a huppah, itself a piece of architecture,” within the building, Mr. Esocoff said.

From New York Times May 13, 2022

Waiting at a huppah draped with flowing white fabric was their officiant, Lisa Edwards, rabbi emerita at the Beth Chayim Chadashim synagogue in Los Angeles.

From New York Times May 6, 2022

At the end of the ceremony, a huppah arranged by the couple was brought out.

From New York Times Mar. 4, 2022

They were married under a huppah, a wedding canopy.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

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