单词 | mohel |
释义 | moheln.α. 1600s– mohel. β. 1900s– moal, 1900s– moel, 1900s– moyl. Judaism. A person qualified to perform the Jewish rite of circumcision. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > cleanness (ceremonial) > circumcision > [noun] > one who performs circumciser1535 mohel1613 mudim1625 posthetomist1846 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xiv. 157 The [Jewish] Circumciser is called Mohel, who must be a Iew, and a Man. 1650 E. Chilmead tr. L. Modena Hist. Rites of Jews iv. viii. 203 They also use to make choice of a Circumciser, which they call..Mohel. 1676 L. Addison Present State Jews (ed. 2) 59 The chief Officer at Circumcision is the Mohel. 1753 Jewish Ritual 19 The Operator (called the Mohel) makes use of a sharp, double edged knife... To assist the Mohel or Circumciser, is counted a meritorious Office. 1903 Jewish Encycl. IV. 95/2 As a rule, the wife of the godfather carries the child in and hands it to the mohel. 1973 Jewish Chron. 19 Jan. 11/2 [Al Jolson's] father was the local mohel and he circumcised me. 1991 Times 31 May 18/1 May the moyl circumcise your first son and throw away the wrong piece. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1613 |
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