aliyah

英 [ə'lɪjə] 美 [ə'lɪjə]

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英英释义

Noun:

1. (Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah;

   "he was called on for an aliyah"
   

2. (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel;

   "students making aliyah"