bat-mitzvahv.
/batˈmɪtsvə/, /batˈmɪtsvɑː/, U.S. /ˌbætˈmɪtsvə/ Judaism.
transitive. To confirm (a girl) in the Jewish faith at a bat mitzvah ceremony (see Bat Mitzvah n.). Frequently in passive.
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1950 National Jewish Post 17 Feb. (Indiana ed.) 16/1 A Bas Mitzvah is a Bar Mitzvah for a girl! And the wonderful girl who was Bas Mitzvahed was Carole Leve last Saturday at the Beth-el.
1997 B. R. Kirwin Mad, Bad, & Innocent (2002) iii. 81 Stephanie and her twin sister..were bat mitzvahed together.
2010 Wall St. Jrnl. 21 July d2/4 A week after camp ends in mid-August, she will be bat mitzvahed there, surrounded by about 30 family friends and relatives.
Derivatives
bat-ˈmitzvahed adj.
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1987 D. Siegel Gym Shoes & Irises II. 159 The older sister, the recently bat mitzvahed one, contributed $206.00 for that project.
2001 S. Rushdie Fury i. 5 Professor Solanka..remembered the newly bat-mitzvahed thirteen-year-old girl he'd glimpsed through the side door.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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