Kaddish

American  

[kah-dish, kah-deesh] / ˈkɑ dɪʃ, kɑˈdiʃ /

noun

Judaism.

plural

Kaddishim

1. (italics) a liturgical prayer, consisting of three or six verses, recited at specified points during each of the three daily services and on certain other occasions.

2. Also called Mourner's Kaddish.  (italics) the five-verse form of this prayer that is recited at specified points during each of the three daily services by one observing the mourning period of 11 months, beginning on the day of burial, for a deceased parent, sibling, child, or spouse, and by one observing the anniversary of such a death.

3. Kaddishim, persons who recite this prayer.

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Kaddish British  

/ ˈkædɪʃ /

noun

1. an ancient Jewish liturgical prayer largely written in Aramaic and used in various forms to separate sections of the liturgy. Mourners have the right to recite some of these in public prayer during the year after, and on the anniversary of, a death

2. to be a mourner

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Etymology

Origin of Kaddish

First recorded in 1605–15, Kaddish is from the Aramaic word qaddīsh holy (one)

Example Sentences

So Isaac and Jacob carry Father up to the deck, and then we recite the Kaddish, the prayer for the dead.

From Literature

She recognized the boy who had said Kaddish.

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Molly told her what happened at that Kaddish play, about the ghosts and the sheyd that had appeared.

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But after Kaddish: The Immersive Experience, Molly knew better than to trust what her eyes wanted so badly to see.

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“Well, I’m waiting for you to convince my professor. Otherwise, I’ve still got to work on our original adaptation of Ginsberg’s ‘Kaddish,’” said Anat.

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