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n. - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends).

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Usage examples (11)
  • She invited the whole mishpocha
  • The Moose wishes all of the Mooseketeer mishpocha an easy fast!
  • Clearly, these kinda-kinsmen did not choose their new mishpocha carefully enough.
  • Later I would learn that he had moved away from town decades before, and had only returned to be buried with his mishpocha, his relatives.
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