minhag

/ˈmɪn.həɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

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noun

"My family's minhag is to sit while saying kiddush."
"The Persian Jews have a Passover minhag to beat each other with vegetables when singing Dayenu."
"In the Polish rite the refrain only is said, while the Western German and Minhag of Posen recite the entire poem."

From Hebrew מִנְהָג (minhág).

minhags (plural) minhagim (plural)

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The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪn.həɡ/.

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It is traced to Hebrew.

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