English

Noun

Abbethdin ‎(plural Abbethdins)

1. Alternative form of av beit din
   • 1702, John Dryden (with Nahum Tate?), Absalom and Achitophel, in Miscellany Poems, part 1, third edition, page 34:

     In Israel's Courts ne'er sat an Abbethdin […] : David, for him his tuneful Harp had strung, […]

   • 1849, John Relly Beard, A Biblical Reading Book, chapter 3, page 120:

     Here the council held daily meetings, at which members sat in the form of a half-moon, with the Nasi in the middle, the Abbethdin on his right hand, and the Hakam on the left.

References

• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5)