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Kippa meaning
Alternative spelling of kippah.
Example sentences (4)
Homeless man in Houston wears a mask made from a kippa, April 2020.
But I can’t think of a single jewish judge in Canada who wore a kippa on the bench.
In most synagogues, it is considered a sign of respect for male attendees to wear a head covering, either a dress hat or a kippa (skull cap, plural kipot also known by the Yiddish term yarmulke).
The word has various possible parallels, such as Icelandic kippa which means "to pull, snatch" and the Germanic word kippen which means "to tilt, to incline".