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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A person trained in Jewish law, ritual, and tradition and ordained for leadership of a Jewish congregation, especially one serving as chief religious official of a synagogue.
  2. n. A scholar qualified to interpret Jewish law.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Literally, ‘my master’: a title of respect or of office (of higher dignity than rab) given to Jewish doctors or expounders of the law. In modern Jewish usage the term is strictly applied only to those who are authorized by ordination to decide legal and ritualistic questions, and to perform certain designated functions, as to receive proselytes, etc.; but it is given by courtesy to other distinguished Jewish scholars. By persons not Hebrews it is often applied to any one ministering to a Jewish congregation, to distinguish him from a Christian clergyman.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A Jewish spiritual teacher.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law
  2. n. a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher

Etymologies

  1. From Late Latin rabbi, and its source Ancient Greek ῥαββί, from (post-biblical) Hebrew רבי (rabbi, "my master"), from רַב (ráv, “master [of]”) +‎ ־־י (-i, “me”). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English rabi, from Old French, from Late Latin rabbī, master, from Greek rhabbi, O my master, from Hebrew and Aramaic rabbî, my master : rab, master (from rab, to become great; see rbb in Semitic roots) + -î, my. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (3)

Words with the same meaning

  1. master
  1. lord
  1. teacher

hypernyms (3)

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  1. form of address
  1. title
  1. title of respect

same context (24)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. rabbis
  2. pastor
  3. jurist
  4. schoolmaster
  1. pathologist
  2. rector
  3. clergyman
  4. economist
  1. dentist
  2. commentator
  3. churchman
  4. deacon
  1. healer
  2. annalist
  3. philanthropist
  4. businessman
  1. chaplain
  2. layman
  3. benefactor
  4. diplomatist
  1. psychologist
  2. chronicler
  3. warden
  4. prelate

reverse dictionary (24)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. Hillel
  2. tsavoah
  3. rab
  4. rabbin
  1. Rabi
  2. mashgiah
  3. kosher
  4. hakam
  1. mohel
  2. semicha
  3. get
  4. rabban
  1. rabbinate
  2. rabbinically
  3. Mountains-offers
  4. rebbe
  1. Mishnah
  2. marry
  3. with
  4. ordain
  1. book of ezra
  2. Ezra
  3. Zohar
  4. beth-din

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  1. bible
  1. Hebrew

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