Etymology

kiddushin

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Today it means: An engagement (promise to marry) between a man and a woman, made by themselves or by relatives. Full definition →

tmr קידושין
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  1. tmr · borrowed fromקידושין
  2. English todaykiddushin

From Jewish Babylonian Aramaic קידושין (literally “sanctifications”), plural of קידוש. Syntactically equivalent to, but differs in meaning from, Hebrew קִדּוּשִׁים.

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