| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| habdalah |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hab·da·lah |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  häv dä-lä , häv-dôl |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also Hab·da·lah |
| NOUN: | Judaism A religious ceremony observed at the close of the Sabbath or a holy day. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hebrew habd lâ, separation, from hibdîl, to divide. See bdl in Appendix II.
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