parve
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"Unlike the butter-rich, non-Jewish babka, Jewish versions were usually kept parve by using oil," which meant they were "firmer and slightly drier than brioche."
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2022
“He wants to be in the most parve place in the world.”
From The New Yorker • Sep. 7, 2015
I have 4� sets of dishes and silver: meat, dairy, just a few parve, or neutral pieces, and a special meat set and dairy set for Passover.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The rabbis, however, allow for "neutral," or parve foods�vegetables, grain products, fish, eggs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Quidquid optes, volo dare; Dormi, parve pupule Dormi, fili! dormi carae, Matris deliciolae!
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
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