kiddush

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew קידוש (kidúsh, “kiddush”, literally “sanctification”). Doublet of kaddish.

Noun

kiddush (plural kiddushes or kiddushim)

1. A blessing recited over wine or grape juice in commemoration of the sanctity of the Shabbat or other Jewish holy day.
   • 1982, Bernard Malamud, “The Schooltree”, in God’s Grace, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux:

     Cohn began the seder with a kiddush for wine, and the first two toasts he proposed were the traditional ones to life and to freedom.

Related terms

• kiddushin

Anagrams

• didukhs