- a variation of shiva.
shivah
Britishnoun
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the period of formal mourning lasting seven days from the funeral during which the mourner stays indoors and sits on a low stool
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to mourn
Etymology
Origin of shivah
from Hebrew, literally: seven (days)
Example Sentences
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Its norms are now as well defined as the protocols for sitting shivah or effectuating a Tibetan burial.
From Time ● Nov. 18, 2015
He and Katherine flew to Miami to sit shivah with the Sotloffs.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2015
And I remember seeing Gilda with Belushi one day, and she said, ‘We’re sitting shivah because Lorne won’t hire John.’
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2012
Tomorrow I burn them and we sit shivah.
From Time Magazine Archive
I find myself like the boy that wanted to leah'n to shivah and shake, y' know.
From The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
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