shochet
/ˈʃɒkɛt
/ /ˈʃɒxɛt/noun (plural shochetim /ˈʃɒkɛtɪm/ /ˈʃɒxɛtɪm/)
A person officially certified as competent to kill cattle and poultry in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.A shochet (ritual slaughterer) is responsible for covering the blood of the animal, so if someone else fulfills this mitzvah, then the shochet has been deprived....
- This fellow was the shochet, the person in charge of providing kosher food, of the Jewish community in Shiraz where I once lived.
- In a small European village, a shochet (ritual slaughterer) fetched some water to apply to his blade in the preparation process.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Hebrew šōḥēṭ 'slaughtering'.
- on (or under) pain of
- on (or upon) the gad
- Ono, Yoko
- on-pack
- on paper
- on parade
- on-peak
- on pins and needles
- on point
- on principle
- on purpose
- on-ramp
- onrastless
- on record
- on relief
- on remand
- on report
- on-road
- onrush
- onrushing
- Onsager
- Onsager coefficient
- Onsager principle
- Onsager reciprocal relation
- Onsager reciprocity relation