Hebrew

Alternative forms

• טֶכֶס (see usage notes)

Noun

טֶקֶס • ‎(tekes) m ‎(plural indefinite טְקָסִים, plural construct טִקְסֵי־)

1. ritual, ceremony

Usage notes

• Some use/prefer the spelling טֵכֶס ‎(tekhes), which was common in Mishnaic Hebrew, but nowadays the Academy of the Hebrew Language recommends טֶקֶס ‎(tekes),^[1] and it is far more common.^[2]

See also

• פולחן \ פֻּלְחָן m ‎(pulkhan)

References

1. ↑ The Academy of the Hebrew Language (2011-03-15), “טקס או טכס?”, in (Please provide the title of the work) (in Hebrew), retrieved 2016-10-26
2. ↑ טכס, טקס at Google Ngram Viewer