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Kaddish
Kaddish [ káddish ] (plural Kaddishim [ ka díshim ])


noun 
Definition:
 
Jewish prayer: a prayer recited at the close of the sections of Jewish religious services, and by close relatives of a deceased person at times of mourning and anniversaries of the death
[Early 17th century. < Aramaic qaddīs 'holy']
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