av beit din

• Abbethdin, Ab Beth Din
• Av Beit Din, av beth din (Av Beth Din)

From Hebrew אָב בֵּית דִּין‎ (áv beit din), from אָב‎ (áv, “chief”) + בֵּית דִּין‎ (beit din, “court of law”), from בֵּית‎ (béyt, “house of”) + דין‎ (din, “judgment”).

av beit din

1. The vice-president of a Jewish Sanhedrin or rabbinical court (beit din).
   • 2009, Mediene Remnants: Yiddish Sources in the Netherlands Outside of Amsterdam, →ISBN, page 173:

     Letter from Shimon Falk of Amsterdam, sent from Kleve, to the merchants Alexander, Lezer and Chaim Israel of Middelburg about the troubles of the av beit din, who needs help […]