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ketubah

/Ashkenazic Hebrew, English kuh-too-buh; Sephardic Hebrew kuh-too-bah/US // Ashkenazic Hebrew, English kəˈtu bə; Sephardic Hebrew kə tuˈbɑ //UK // (kətuˈbaː) //

凯蒂巴,凯图巴

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ke·tu·both, ke·tu·bot, ke·tu·bos [Ashkenazic Hebrew kuh-too-bohs; Sephardic Hebrew kuh-too-bawt], /Ashkenazic Hebrew kəˈtu boʊs; Sephardic Hebrew kə tuˈbɔt/, English ke·tu·bahs.Hebrew.

    • : the formal contract in a Jewish religious marriage that includes specific financial protection for the wife in the event that the husband dies or divorces her.

Examples

  • His duties toward her are set forth in detail in the usual form of the Ketubah.

  • The ketubah was the document of a "gift on account of nuptials to be celebrated."

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