mikvah

or mik·veh

[ Sephardic Hebrew mee-kvah; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English mik-vuh ]

noun,plural mik·voth, mik·vot, mik·vos

[Sephardic Hebrew mee-kvawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew mik-vohs;] /Sephardic Hebrew miˈkvɔt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈmɪk voʊs;/ English mik·vahs

[mik-vuhz] /ˈmɪk vəz/ Hebrew.

a ritual bath to which Orthodox Jews are traditionally required to go on certain occasions, as before the Sabbath and after each menstrual period, to cleanse and purify themselves.

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How to use mikvah in a sentence

I thought it was a little bit weird to have an alarm clock in the mikvah.
Women Describe How Top D.C. Rabbi Allegedly Spied on Them in the Nude | Steven I. Weiss | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He offered the girls to do a practice mikvah, which many of them did.
Women Describe How Top D.C. Rabbi Allegedly Spied on Them in the Nude | Steven I. Weiss | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for mikvah

mikvah

mikveh

/ (mikˈvɑ, ˈmikvə) /

noun

Judaism a pool used esp by women for ritual purification after their monthly period

Origin of mikvah

from Hebrew

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