BAR MITZVAH

I. noun Usage: often capitalized B&M Etymology: Hebrew bar miṣwāh, literally, son of the (divine) law Date: 1816 a Jewish boy who reaches his 13th birthday and attains the age of religious duty and responsibility, the initiatory ceremony recognizing a boy as a ~, II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1947 to administer the ceremony of ~ to