Word
aliyah, n.
(aliyahs)
(Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel
<noun.act>
aliyah
sample sentences
"students making aliyah"
semantic pointers
hypernym
immigration, in-migration
domain of synset (topic)
Judaism
(Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah
<noun.communication>
aliyah
sample sentences
"he was called on for an aliyah"
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
Judaism
hypernym
honor, award, laurels, honour, accolade