deciser

English

Etymology

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Noun

deciser (plural decisers)

1. (Judaism) A rabbi who interprets Jewish religious law.
   • 1987, Alan M. Tigay, editor, The Jewish Traveler:

     Artist Archie Rand's iconograpy^[sic] on thirty-seven themes was declared “kosher” for the Orthodox synagogue by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, the leading halakhic deciser of his time.

Anagrams

• decries, deicers