Definition of aliyah Aliyah

/ʌliˈʌ/ - [uleeu] - a•li•yah

We found 5 definitions of aliyah from 3 different sources.

What does aliyah mean?

Noun Plural: aliyahs
aliyah - (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel; "students making aliyah"
		in-migration, immigration migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there)
aliyah - (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"
		accolade, laurels, award, honor, honour a grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court"