kippa
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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For most of my adult life, I have worn a kippa, an indication of being an Orthodox Jew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
Reflecting its changing population, it has updated the law over the years to include the Muslim headscarf and Jewish kippa, but abayas have not been banned outright until now.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023
Wearing a sequined kippa and a ribbon pinned to her chest in the blue and yellow of Ukraine’s flag, Gris said that she never experienced anti-Semitism in her 22 years of living in Ukraine.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2022
“Wear your kippa. Wear your friend’s kippa. Borrow a kippa and wear it for our Jewish neighbors. Educate people that we are a diverse society.”
From Slate ● May 26, 2019
Jamieson derives the word from Su.-G. kippa, to take anything violently.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
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