Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bar_mitzvah

1 sense of bar mitzvah

Sense 1
bar mitzvah -- ((Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility; "a bar mitzvah is an important social event")
       => initiation, induction, installation -- (a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bar_mitzvah

1 sense of bar mitzvah

Sense 1
bar mitzvah -- (confirm in the bar mitzvah ceremony, of boys in the Jewish faith)
       => covenant -- (enter into a covenant)