| 释义 |
‖ dayan|daˈjɑːn|
Also dayyan. Pl. dayanim, dayans.
[Heb.]
A religious judge in a Jewish community.
1880Encycl. Brit. XIII. 687/1 Each congregation requires the services of a dayan or religious chief. 1891M. Friedländer Jewish Religion ii. vi. 463 The meat must not be used as food unless the animal has been examined by a competent person (Rabbi or dayyan) and declared..kosher. 1892Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 4 The Dayanim, those cadis of the East End, administered justice. 1902Daily Chron. 3 Jan. 5/1 The Rev. B. Spiers, the Dayan of the Beth Hamedrash of London. 1928Daily Tel. 3 Jan. 10/4 Dayan Dr. Feldmann. 1928Sunday Dispatch 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. 1957L. P. Gartner Jewish Immigrant in Eng. (1960) vii. 204 Rabbi Avigdor Chaikin..sat as a Dayan upon the Beth Din of the Chief Rabbi. |