shohet

shohet
Seph. /shaw khet"/; Ashk. /shoh"khayt, shoy"khit/; Eng. /shoh"khit/, n., pl. shohetim /shohkh teem"/, Eng. shohets. Hebrew.
a person certified by a rabbi or Jewish court of law to slaughter animals for food in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
Also, shochet. Cf. shehitah.
[shohet lit., one who slaughters]

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