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kittel|ˈkɪt(ə)l|
[Yiddish (G., overall, smock), ad. MHG. kitel, kietel cotton or hempen outer garment, prob. ad. Arab. quṭn cotton.]
A white cotton or linen robe worn by orthodox Jews on certain holy days; also used as a shroud.
1891M. Friedländer Jewish Relig. 492 The kittel or sargenes is part of the raiment in which the dead are clothed... In some countries..the bride presents the bridegroom with this article on the wedding-day: and it is worn by the husband on New-Year's Day and on the Day of Atonement and on the Seder-evening during the service. 1972C. Raphael Feast of Hist. i. 11/2 A Yementie Seder... The celebrants are wearing their traditional festive clothes, the men in white ‘kittels’. 1973Synagogue Light Sept. 46/2 Garbed in the white Kittel, head wrapped in a Tallith, he who blows stands near the Rabbi. |