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mitzvah
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mitzvah has 2 senses
- mitzvah(n = noun.cognition) mitsvah - (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law; Array is a kind of commandment, precept, teaching
- mitzvah(n = noun.act) mitsvah - (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty; Array is a kind of act, deed, human action, human activity
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mitzvah, n. (pl. mitzvoth) in Judaism:
1 a precept or commandment.
2 a good deed done from religious duty.
1 a precept or commandment.
2 a good deed done from religious duty.
Etymology
Heb. miswah commandment
THESAURUS
mitzvah
act of grace, act of kindness, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, benignity, blessing, canon, code, commandment, convention, courtesy, dictum, favor, form, formula, general principle, golden rule, good deed, good offices, good turn, grace, guideline, guiding principle, imperative, kind deed, kind offices, kindly act, kindness, labor of love, law, maxim, mercy, moral, norm, obligation, office, ordinance, principium, principle, regulation, rubric, rule, service, settled principle, standard, tenet, turn, working principle, working rule
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