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noun
A person honoured at a Jewish brit milah by holding the baby boy in his lap as the mohel performs the circumcision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Yiddish סנדק (sandek), from Hebrew סַנְדָּק (sandák), most likely from Ancient Greek σύντεκνος (súnteknos, literally “companion of child”), from συν- (sun-) + τέκνον (téknon).
