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Definition bar mitzvah in American English

bar mitzvah noun

[countable] noun
/bɑr ˈmɪtsvə/
1

a Jewish religious ceremony held on a boy's thirteenth birthday, after which he is considered to be an adult in his religious life

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1.1

a Jewish boy who is taking part in a bar mitzvah

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Definition bar mitzvah in American English