dayann.
/dʌɪˈan/, /dʌɪˈɑːn/, U.S. /daɪˈɑn/ Judaism.
A religious judge; spec. one in a rabbinic court. Also used as a title. Cf. Beth Din n.
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1875 J. Picciotto Sketches Anglo-Jewish Hist. xvi. 139 When the Great Synagogue in 1792 found itself for a lengthy period without a spiritual chief, it did not disdain to engage the services as Dayan of the Rabbi of the New Synagogue.
1891 M. Friedländer Jewish Relig. 463 The meat must not be used as food unless the animal has been examined by a competent person (Rabbi or dayyan), and declared..kasher.
1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. 4 The Dayanim, those cadis of the East End, administered justice.
1928 Sunday Disp. 30 Dec. 7/2 Problems of divorce and marriage brokerage as well as disputes between synagogues and questions of ritual are settled by the bench of five Dayans—or judges.
1957 L. P. Gartner Jewish Immigrant (1960) vii. 204 Rabbi Avigdor Chaikin..sat as a Dayan upon the Beth Din of the Chief Rabbi.
1990 Times (Nexis) 12 July Dayan Berger, the senior judge presiding at the hearing, yesterday rejected allegations of bias or non-observance of Jewish law.
2010 Jewish Chron. 9 Oct. 23/1 The Dayanim, Rabbanim, Trustees and Staff of the United Synagogue..extend their heartfelt condolences to our Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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