单词 | shaliach |
释义 | shaliachn. Chiefly Judaism. 1. An emissary or agent; a representative or proxy. Also (in Jewish worship): a person responsible for leading the communal worship of a synagogue; = shaliach tzibur n.In Christian theology sometimes with reference to Jesus as God's representative or emissary. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer of church music > [noun] > cantor or precentor > Jewish shaliach tzibur1609 chazzan1650 shaliach1865 cantor1893 1865 Berks. Chron. 3 June 7/2 Any one of his hearers could start to his feet..and preach against the Sheliach,..confronting him with chapter and verse. 1896 Biblical World 8 148 Benediction I. Sheliach, Congregation responding... Eulogy I. Sheliach, Congregation responding. 1922 I. H. Levinthal Jewish Law of Agency 145 A Shaliah..may be appointed by oral communication alone. 1953 Harvard Theol. Rev. 46 162 As Jesus is the shaliach of the Father, so is the disciple his. 2009 T. F. Torrance & R. T. Walker Atonement x. 317 When a man sends a shaliach to represent him, the shaliach is regarded as if he is the man himself. 2. A person whose role it is to encourage or support Judaism around the world; esp. one assigned to bring Jewish people back to commitment to their faith, or to encourage emigration to Israel. ΚΠ 1869 Scattered Nation Apr. 98/1 The difficulties and dangers of travelling rendered it at times almost impossible for them [sc. the Hebrew community] to dispatch Shlichim (authorized envoys) to Europe. 1947 S. H. Sankowsky Short Hist. Zionism (rev. ed.) ix. 108 They lectured, taught Hebrew,..and in many other ways encouraged the efforts of the local leaders. These Palestinians were known as Shlihim. 1988 R. Salutin Man of Little Faith vi. 241 Hermann still lives in Israel... He has become a shaliach,..one of the emissaries the movement sends to hearten Jews in the Diaspora. 2003 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 13 Apr. 27/1 Some 3,800 husband-and-wife teams of Lubavitch shlichim, emissaries, had spread across 61 countries..by the year 2000. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865 |
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