ALL meanings of kaddish
Kad·dish
K k - noun kaddish A Jewish prayer recited during services, and when mourning the death of a close relative. 1
- noun plural kaddish (italics) a liturgical prayer, consisting of three or six verses, recited at specified points during each of the three daily services and on certain other occasions. 1
- noun plural kaddish (italics). Also called Mourner's Kaddish. the five-verse form of this prayer that is recited at specified points during each of the three daily services by one observing the mourning period of 11 months, beginning on the day of burial, for a deceased parent, sibling, child, or spouse, and by one observing the anniversary of such a death. 1
- noun plural kaddish Kaddishim, persons who recite this prayer. 1
- noun kaddish an ancient Jewish liturgical prayer largely written in Aramaic and used in various forms to separate sections of the liturgy. Mourners have the right to recite some of these in public prayer during the year after, and on the anniversary of, a death 0
- noun kaddish a prayer in praise of God, recited as part of the daily service 0
- noun kaddish another form of this prayer recited by mourners 0