"shamash" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʃəˈmæʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shamash.wav [Southern-England] Forms: shamashim [plural]
Rhymes: -æʃ Etymology: From Hebrew שַׁמָּשׁ (shamásh, “waiter, sexton”). Doublet of shammes, via Yiddish. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|שַׁמָּשׁ||waiter, sexton|tr=shamásh}} Hebrew שַׁמָּשׁ (shamásh, “waiter, sexton”), {{doublet|en|shammes}} Doublet of shammes Head templates: {{en-noun|shamashim}} shamash (plural shamashim)
  1. (Judaism) The candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah. Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism
    Sense id: en-shamash-en-noun-Ln0Q0OQn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5
  2. A sexton in a synagogue. Translations (sexton in a synagogue): šámes [masculine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-shamash-en-noun-7W-fdIrp Disambiguation of 'sexton in a synagogue': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shames, shamos, shammes, shammos

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