ketubah

ketubah
Ashk., Eng. /keuh tooh"beuh/; Seph. /keuh tooh bah"/, n., pl. ketuboth, ketubot, ketubos Ashk. /-tooh"bohs/; Seph. /-tooh bawt"/, Eng. ketubahs. Hebrew.
the formal contract in a Jewish religious marriage that includes specific financial protection for the wife in the event that the husband dies or divorces her.
[kathubbah lit., something written]

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