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me•hi•tzah
Pronunciation: ( Seph.mu-khē-tsä'; Ashk. mu-khē'tsu), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -hit•zoth, hit•zot, -hit•zosPronunciation: ( Seph.-khē-tsôt'; Ashk. -khē'tsuz, -khē'tsōs). [key]
Hebrew.
a curtain or other divider that serves as a partition between the women's and the men's sections in Orthodox Jewish synagogues.
Also,mechitzah.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.