chuppah

chuppah
noun /ˈxʊpə,ˈhʊpə/
The canopy over a Jewish couple during their marriage ceremony.

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  • Chuppah — A chuppah at the Sixth I Synagogue in Washington D.C …   Wikipedia

  • chuppah — or huppah; also chuppa noun Etymology: Yiddish & Hebrew; Yiddish khupe, from Hebrew ḥuppāh Date: 1876 a canopy under which the bride and groom stand during a Jewish wedding ceremony …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • chuppah — Seph. /khooh pah /; Ashk., Eng. /khoop euh/, n., pl. chuppoth, chuppot Seph. /khooh pawt /; Ashk. /khoo pohs /, Eng. chuppahs. Hebrew. huppah. * * * …   Universalium

  • chuppah — [ xʊpə] (also chuppa) noun (plural chuppot xʊpəʊt) a canopy beneath which Jewish marriage ceremonies are performed. Origin C19: from Heb. ḥuppāh cover, canopy …   English new terms dictionary

  • chuppah — /ˈhʌpə/ (say hupuh) noun (in a Jewish marriage ceremony) a canopy under which the ceremony takes place, symbolising the home of the married couple. Also, huppah. {Hebrew huppah} …  

  • chuppah — noun also chupah (plural chuppoth or chuppot also chuppahs) variant of huppah …   Useful english dictionary

  • Jewish wedding — Traditional nissu in in Eastern Europe during the 19th century …   Wikipedia

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  • Badeken — Bedeken , Badekenish , or Bedekung ( yi. באַדעקן badekn , lit. covering), is the ceremony where the groom veils the bride in an Orthodox Jewish wedding.Just prior the actual wedding ceremony, which takes place under the Chuppah, the bridegroom …   Wikipedia

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