kibud

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Definitions

  • n. Honor, reverence.

  • n. Refreshments.

Example Sentences

  • "It's quite standard for shuls to sell aliyos and other kibudim at the holiest time of the year, like Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, to the highest bidder with no qualms about what type of person will receive the kibbud." (source)

  • "I’m missing something here… Glila is a bizayon for a grown man? I thought its a kibud?" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • Y כּיבוד kibed

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      kibed, kibbud

Notes

  • plural: 'kibudim'

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