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cherem

che·rem [ khérrəm, kháyrəm ] or he·rem [ khérrəm, kháyrəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
type of Jewish excommunication: formerly, a form of Jewish excommunication involving the separation of a person from the rest of the Jewish community

[Early 19th century. < Hebrew ḥērem< ḥāram "to curse"]
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