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