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mishpocha

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[mish-pookh-uh, -paw-khuh] / mɪʃˈpʊx ə, -ˈpɔ xə /

noun

Yiddish.

  1. an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage; clan.

    I see you invited the whole mishpocha.

Etymology

Origin of mishpocha

First recorded in 1855–60; from Yiddish mishpokhe, from Hebrew mishpāḥāh “family, clan”

Example Sentences

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Trabish has used her online skills to keep her mishpocha network connected.

From Time Magazine Archive

If detective Harrison Ford could cozy up to the Amish in Witness, why couldn't detective Melanie Griffith go undercover among Brooklyn's Hasidic Jews and become one of the mishpocha?

From Time Magazine Archive

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