Noun: aliyah aa'lee-yaa
- (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel
"students making aliyah"
- (Judaism) the honour of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah
"he was called on for an aliyah"
Derived forms: aliyahs
Type of: accolade, award, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], immigration, in-migration, laurels
Encyclopedia: Aliyah