Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A marriage contract, traditionally written in Aramaic, stipulating certain rights and responsibilities according to Jewish laws and customs.
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- noun A
traditional Jewish prenuptial agreement that outlines the rights and responsibilities of thegroom in relation to thebride .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In Judaism, marriage is defined by a contract called a ketubah, which is a business agreement between bride and groom.
Rick Jacobs: Do Mormons Deserve Equal Protection Under the Law? 2008
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Maybe the couple wasn't even Jewish--now non-Jewish couples are getting them, too I call it ketubah envy.
Stephanie Caplan: My Favorite Ketubot Stephanie Caplan 2011
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Jewish weddings require the bride, groom and two witnesses to sign a marriage contract called a ketubah, which the rabbi can provide.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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Jewish weddings require the bride, groom and two witnesses to sign a marriage contract called a ketubah, which the rabbi can provide.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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Jewish weddings require the bride, groom and two witnesses to sign a marriage contract called a ketubah, which the rabbi can provide.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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The report focuses on a couple whose ceremony included the joint signing of a document called a ketubah.
The Guardian World News Theo Hobson 2011
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Sometimes the texts are almost swallowed up by the luscious illustration surrounding them, as in the early sixteenth-century Christian Book of Hours (Roman Use), or the sixteenth-century Persian Legends of the Prophets, or the stunningly ornate eighteenth-century Italian ketubah (marriage contract), obviously meant to be framed and displayed rather than read and referred to.
The New York Public Library: All That Is Godly Must Glitter The New York Public Library 2010
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Sometimes the texts are almost swallowed up by the luscious illustration surrounding them, as in the early sixteenth-century Christian Book of Hours (Roman Use), or the sixteenth-century Persian Legends of the Prophets, or the stunningly ornate eighteenth-century Italian ketubah (marriage contract), obviously meant to be framed and displayed rather than read and referred to.
The New York Public Library: All That Is Godly Must Glitter The New York Public Library 2010
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Sometimes the texts are almost swallowed up by the luscious illustration surrounding them, as in the early sixteenth-century Christian Book of Hours (Roman Use), or the sixteenth-century Persian Legends of the Prophets, or the stunningly ornate eighteenth-century Italian ketubah (marriage contract), obviously meant to be framed and displayed rather than read and referred to.
The New York Public Library: All That Is Godly Must Glitter The New York Public Library 2010
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When Usher #1 bends to sign the ketubah, the Hebrew marriage license, he whispers, "Why is it not me up there marrying you?"
Monday greenmother 2009
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