"decisor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: decisors [plural]
Etymology: From Latin dēcīsor, from dēcīdō (past participial stem dēcīs-) + -or. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|dēcīsor}} Latin dēcīsor, {{m|la|dēcīdō}} dēcīdō, {{m|la|-or}} -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} decisor (plural decisors)
  1. (Judaism) A rabbi who decides matters in Jewish religious law. Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism, People Translations (Judaism: one who decides matters in Jewish law): פּוֹסֵק (posék) [masculine] (Hebrew), פּוסק (poysek) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-decisor-en-noun-4cQCZ3Js Disambiguation of People: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'Judaism: one who decides matters in Jewish law': 85 15
  2. (obsolete) A person who resolves or settles matters or controversies; a decider, judge, or arbiter. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-decisor-en-noun-HFbnjZLU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75

Inflected forms

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