aliyah

Noun aliyah has 2 senses

• aliyah(n = noun.communication) - (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"
is a kind of accolade, award, honor, honour, laurels

• aliyah(n = noun.act) - (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel; "students making aliyah"
is a kind of immigration, in-migration