Definitions for shochet

shochet sho·chet

Spelling: [Sephardic Hebrew shaw-khet; Ashkenazic Hebrew
IPA: /Sephardic Hebrew ʃɔˈxɛt; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈʃoʊ xeɪt, ˈʃɔɪ xɪt; English ˈʃoʊ xɪt/

Shochet is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 139 anagrams from letters in shochet (cehhost).

Definitions for shochet

noun

  1. shohet.
  2. a person certified by a rabbi or Jewish court of law to slaughter animals for food in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.

Origin of shochet

shōḥēṭ literally, one who slaughters

Examples for shochet

Of course, a shochet sausage and a Dayan—no, that was very wrong!

In the shochet's house there is a female lodger; she pays fifteen rubles a year.

Occasionally (he smiles) there is a dispute—only it is for the honor of God—between him and the shochet.

When the "shochet" woke up, he washed his hands and took out his knife.

They were not permitted to have synagogues, but could have prayer-rooms, and appoint a school-master and a butcher (shochet).

The shochet is not at home, he has gone to a neighboring village; that is why the calf is still lowing in the house.

It would be better for him to get a diploma as a rabbi, or let him become a shochet or a teacher—anything—only not a trader!

Heyman, Heinrich Wilhelm David, son of a shochet (slaughterer) in poor circumstances.

Even the shochet sometimes goes away for a whole week, so when should they find time to quarrel?

The only people who remain to be envied are our two young men, the shochet's son with the shochet's son-in-law.

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