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mashgichim

mashgichim is the plural of mashgiach.

Meaning of mashgiach

Noun

mashgiach (plural mashgiachs or mashgichim or (rare) mashgihim)

  1. (Judaism) Somebody who supervises the kashrut status of food in a restaurant.
    • Kashruth fraud in Brooklyn. Seems a goon squad of fake mashgichim or kosher supervisors have been making their way around the neighborhoods pulling surprise ‘inspections’ on different shops and restaurants, selling them fancy-looking certificates to put in the window […]2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 24

Questions about mashgichim

What is mashgichim the plural of?
Mashgichim is the plural of mashgiach.

Words near mashgichim in the dictionary

  1. mashes up
  2. mashgiach
  3. mashgiachs
  4. mashgiah
  5. mashgiahs
  6. mashgichim
  7. mashgihim
  8. Mashhad
  9. Mashhadi
  10. Mashhadis
  11. Mashiach

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