cheder

[ khey-duhr; English khey-der, hey- ]

/ ˈxeɪ dər; English ˈxeɪ dər, ˈheɪ- /

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noun, plural cha·da·rim

[khuh-dah-rim], /xəˈdɑ rɪm/, English che·ders.Yiddish.

heder.

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Words nearby cheder

checkwriter, checky, cheddar, cheddar pink, cheddite, cheder, cheechako, chee-chee, cheek, cheekbone, cheek by jowl

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How to use cheder in a sentence

I was a six-year-old Cheder boy, my father a countryman outside Wilna, a householder in a small way.
Yiddish Tales|Various
He loves the sun, and the Rebbe hangs his caftan across the window, and the Cheder is darkened, so that it oppresses the soul.
Yiddish Tales|Various
And many more wonderful things Abramtzig tells from the "Cheder."
Jewish Children|Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich
Do you think she did not come frequently to the "Cheder" to find out how I was getting on?
Jewish Children|Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

Next morning I arrived at "Cheder" with my Bible in one hand and my dinner in the other.
Jewish Children|Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

British Dictionary definitions for cheder

cheder

heder

/ Hebrew (ˈxɛdɛr, English ˈheɪdə) /

noun plural chadarim (xadaˈriːm) or English cheders Judaism

(in Western countries) elementary religious education classes, usually outside normal school hours

more traditionally, a full-time elementary religious school

informal a place of corrective instruction; prison

Word Origin for cheder

literally: room

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