1. (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative; - Example: "the family is sitting shiva" [syn: shiva, shivah, shibah]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shibah
n 1: (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the
death of close relative; "the family is sitting shiva"
[syn: shiva, shivah, shibah]