Kedushah

noun

Ke·​du·​shah

kəˈdu̇shə

plural Kedushoth or Kedushot

-ˌshōt(h),

-ōs

: a recital of a prayer in the Jewish ritual introduced into the third benediction of the Amidah and sometimes including the responses

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew qĕdhushshāh holiness

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