bar mitzvah
noun
- Jewish coming-of-age ceremony/celebration for a 13-year-old boy
- a Jewish boy who reaches his 13th birthday and attains the age of religious duty and responsibility
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪts.və/
noun
Etymology: From Hebrew בר מצווה / בַּר מִצְוָה (literally “of the age of mitzvah”).
- A Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys.
- A boy who has come of age.
verb
Etymology: From Hebrew בר מצווה / בַּר מִצְוָה (literally “of the age of mitzvah”).
- To initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony.
“He was bar mitzvahed at the Kotel.”