1. (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility; [syn: bat mitzvah, bath mitzvah, bas mitzvah]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bath mitzvah
n 1: (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday
of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious
responsibility [syn: bat mitzvah, bath mitzvah, bas
mitzvah]