Etymology

beth din

Today it means: A rabbinical court which regulates certain parts of Jewish law. Full definition →

Hebrew בֵּית דִּין
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromבֵּית דִּין“court of law”
  2. English todaybeth din

From Hebrew בֵּית דִּין (bêṯ dîn, “court of law”), from בֵּית (bêṯ, “house of”) + דין (dîn, “judgment”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.