Shoter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Shoter is a noun meaning (historical, chiefly in the plural) A kind of officer or overseer among the Ancient Israelites.
Meaning
(historical, chiefly in the plural) A kind of officer or overseer among the Ancient Israelites.
Example Sentences
The most important business of the shoterim was to keep the genealogical registers; to record accurately the marriages, births, and deaths among the people; and, probably, as they kept the rolls of families, to apportion the public burdens and services on the people individually.
Word Forms
- shoterim
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shooter, shootist, firer, shotgunner, shootress, shooer.
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