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dayan

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da⋅yan

  [Seph. dah-yahn; Ashk. dah-yawn]
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–noun, plural da⋅ya⋅nim  [Seph. dah-yah-neem; Ashk. dah-yaw-nim] . Hebrew.
1. a judge in a Jewish religious court.
2. a person knowledgeable in Talmudic law whose advice on religious questions is often sought by rabbis.
Origin:
dayyān judge

Da⋅yan

  [dah-yahn]
–noun
Mo⋅she  [maw-she; Eng. moh-shuh] , 1915–81, Israeli politician and military leader: defense minister 1967–74, foreign minister 1977–79.
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Da·yan   (dä-yän')   
Israeli military leader and politician who directed the 1956 Sinai campaign and the 1967 Six-Day War.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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