Definition of Shiva

1. Noun. (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative. "The family is sitting shiva"

Exact synonyms: Shibah, Shivah
Category relationships: Judaism
Generic synonyms: Hebdomad, Week

2. Noun. The destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon.
Exact synonyms: Siva
Group relationships: Trimurti
Generic synonyms: Hindu Deity
Specialized synonyms: Bairava
Derivative terms: Shivaist

Definition of Shiva

1. a period of mourning [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiva

shittah tree
shitted
shitter
shittier
shittiest
shittim
shittim
shittims
shittimwood
shittimwoods
shittim wood
shitting
shitty
shitwork
shiv
Shiva
shivah
shivahs
Shivaism
Shivaist
shivaree
shivareed
shivareeing
shivarees
shivas
shive
shive
shiver
shiver
shiver-spar

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