Pronunciations

Definitions

• n. A white robe that is worn by religious Jews on Yom Kippur, when leading High Holiday services, when leading a Passover seder, by grooms at weddings, and as a burial shroud.

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Yiddish

Etymology

• קיטל kitl

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

• Great Britain
• South Africa

Dictionaries

• The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
• Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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Alternative Spellings

kitel, kitl, kittle