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Acharon

Acharon noun: a rabbi-scholar of the modern period, starting from the 16th century.

Noun

Acharon (plural Acharonim)

  1. A rabbi-scholar of the modern period, starting from the 16th century.
    • I want to see a WRITTEN source as authored by a posek/acharon prior to the year 1900.2006 April 29, bac...@vms.huji.ac.il, “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)

Forms of Acharon

pluralAcharonim

Origin of Acharon

Borrowed from Hebrew אַחֲרוֹן (“last”).

Questions about Acharon

What does Acharon mean?
Acharon means a rabbi-scholar of the modern period, starting from the 16th century.
What part of speech is Acharon?
Acharon is a noun.
What is the plural of Acharon?
The plural of Acharon is Acharonim.

Words near Acharon in the dictionary

  1. Acharneans
  2. acharnement
  3. Acharnian
  4. Acharnians
  5. acharné
  6. Acharon
  7. achars
  8. acharya
  9. acharyas
  10. achate
  11. achates

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