rabbi

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The synagogue is spoken of as the "sacro tempio" and the rabbi, referred to by the Hebrew words "Morenu Harav," is looked up to in matters religious as if he were the incumbent of the throne of

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  1. noun 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. noun A scholar qualified to interpret Jewish law.

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  • But it'll be enough Scrupulous as a rabbi, the doctor asks if I don't want a D-treatment instead. —  Asimov's SF, July 2007
  • Already known as a rabbi and scholar at 17, Isaac Nathan Lerer left his native Jerusalem to find a home in a new land. —  JSOnline.com
  • An especially colorful ceremony was reported by The New York Times in 1897, when a rabbi was arrested for presiding over the ritual as hundreds of Jews assembled without a permit in a city park.
  • An especially colorful ceremony was reported by the New York Times in 1897, when a rabbi was arrested for presiding over the ritual as hundreds of Jews assembled without a permit in a city park. —  azcentral.com | news
  • The one-sheet, which will adorn theaters outside the U.S., shows a trio of chimps dressed as a rabbi, the pope and an Islamic cleric. —  E! Online (US) - Top Stories
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  1. 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.

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  1. Early modern English also rabbie, rabby; from Middle English rabi, raby = Old French rabbi, rabi, raby, from Late Latin rabbi, from Greek ῤαββί, from Hebrew (Aramaic) rabbī, master, lord (much used in the Targums for all degrees of authority, from king and high priest down to chief shepherd), literally ‘my master’ or ‘my lord’ (= Arabic rabbi, ‘ my master’ or ‘my lord’); with pronominal suffix -ī, from rab, master, lord (= Arabic rabb, master, lord, the Lord, God, cf. rabba, mistress), from rūbab, be great. Cf. rab, rabbin, rabban, rabboni.
 

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