shochet


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shochet /ˈʃɒkɛt, -x-/
noun (pl. shochetim /-ɪm/) a person certified as competent to kill cattle and poultry in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
– origin C19: from Heb. šōḥēṭ ‘slaughtering’.
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