shtender
Pronunciations
| shtender | (SHTEN-dur) | listen |
Definitions
n. A lectern.
Example Sentences
"The rov will probably need the shtender for his dvar torah."
Languages of Origin
- Yiddish
Etymology
שטענדער shtender
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
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