Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Conforming to dietary laws; ritually pure.
- adjective Observing dietary laws.
- adjective Selling or serving food prepared in accordance with dietary laws.
- adjective Informal Legitimate; permissible.
- transitive verb To make proper or ritually pure.
- idiom (keep kosher) To observe Jewish dietary laws.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pure; clean; lawful; conforming to the requirements of the Talmud: used by Hebrews: as, kosher bread, kosher meat, etc.: opposed to tref.
- To make ‘kosher,’ or ceremonially correct.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To prepare in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law, as meat.
- noun Kosher food; also, a kosher shop.
- noun the practise of adherence to the Jewish ritual law; used mostly in the phrase keep kosher, v. i..
- noun To adhere to the rules for eating only kosher food and handling it properly.
- adjective Ceremonially clean, according to Jewish law; -- applied to food, esp. to meat of animals slaughtered according to the requirements of Jewish law. Opposed to
tref . For food to be officiallykosher , it must be certified fit to eat by a Rabbi, according to Jewish ritual law. - adjective colloq. Proper; seemly; appropriate; legitimate.
- adjective colloq. Genuine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of food Prepared in accordance with
Jewish religious practices . - adjective figuratively, by extension In accordance with
standards orusual practice. - verb transitive to make kosher.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective conforming to dietary laws
- adjective proper or legitimate
- noun food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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FaceGlat's name is a mashup of Facebook and glatt, the term for kosher meat considered to be a higher standard of kosher because of the source animal's smooth lungs.
Rabbi Jason Miller: Orthodox Jewish Version Of Facebook Gets Hacked ... Again
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Rabbi Howard Silverman of Beth Messiah Congregation in Gahanna, a Messianic congregation, acknowledges that although keeping kosher is an important tradition, it is not a law for Messianic Jews.
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One contributor to the programme says: “Is it any coincidence that some individuals made millions selling shares in kosher lamb that very day?”
Conspiracy Vault: Emmerdale plane crash - Jews “had prior warning”
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One contributor to the programme says: “Is it any coincidence that some individuals made millions selling shares in kosher lamb that very day?”
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Sigma Aldrich sells it, in kosher form, for forty-two dollars per kilogram.
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This new, more cosmopolitan look to kosher is due in part to the growing affluence and influence of American Jews, says Deborah Dash Moore, a historian and director of the University of Michigan's Frankel Center for Judaic Studies.
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In 2006, he joined with Jewish leaders to push successfully for a Virginia state law that made it illegal to falsely label kosher and halal foods.
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The problem for those of us with lactose intolerance, or dairy allergies, or vegans, or those keeping kosher, is that the FDA has no jurisdiction over wine or beer labeling.
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The problem for those of us with lactose intolerance, or dairy allergies, or vegans, or those keeping kosher, is that the FDA has no jurisdiction over wine or beer labeling.
A naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding. [contains dairy]
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But they are probably the biggest name in kosher foods.
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