dayanim

noun, plural da·ya·nim

[Sephardic Hebrew dah-yah-neem; Ashkenazic Hebrew dah-yaw-nim] . Hebrew.

a judge in a Jewish religious court.

a person knowledgeable in Talmudic law whose advice on religious questions is often sought by rabbis.

Origin:
dayyān judge

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dayan (dɑˈjɑn, ˈdɑjən)

—n
	Judaism a senior rabbi, esp one who sits in a religious court

[from Hebrew, literally: judge]

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