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.
- 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.
- 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.
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 Rabbi Jason Miller 2011
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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” 2008
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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?”
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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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.
Hip Kosher Cooking Steve Carper 2008
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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.
Mukit Hossain, Muslim activist in Northern Virginia, dies Emma Brown 2010
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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.
Archive 2007-01-01 Steve Carper 2007
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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] Steve Carper 2007
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But they are probably the biggest name in kosher foods.
Archive 2007-05-01 Steve Carper 2007
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