kiddushin
Meanings
noun
- An engagement (promise to marry) between a man and a woman, made by themselves or by relatives.
Word forms
Etymology
From Jewish Babylonian Aramaic קידושין (literally “sanctifications”), plural of קידוש. Syntactically equivalent to, but differs in meaning from, Hebrew קִדּוּשִׁים.
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