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SHIVAH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative

Example:

the family is sitting shiva

Synonyms:

shibah; shiva; shivah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("shivah" is a kind of...):

hebdomad; week (any period of seven consecutive days)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)

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