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ALIYAH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel
Example:
students making aliyah
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("aliyah" is a kind of...):
immigration; in-migration (migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there))
Domain category:
Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah
Example:
he was called on for an aliyah
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("aliyah" is a kind of...):
accolade; award; honor; honour; laurels (a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction)
Domain category:
Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)
