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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Rabbi has 2 senses
- rabbi(n = noun.person) Array - spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law; Array is a member of rabbinate
- rabbi(n = noun.communication) Array - a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher; Array is a kind of form of address, title, title of respect
is a kind of spiritual leader
has particulars: amora, hillel
Derived forms adjective rabbinic1, adjective rabbinical1
Derived forms adjective rabbinic1, adjective rabbinical1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Rabbi, n. [L., fr. Gr. "rabbi`, Heb. rabī my master, from rab master, lord, teacher, akin to Ar. rabb.].
Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law. Milton. [1913 Webster]
"Be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
Rabbi, n. (pl. rabbis)
1 a Jewish scholar or teacher, esp. of the law.
2 a person appointed as a Jewish religious leader.
1 a Jewish scholar or teacher, esp. of the law.
2 a person appointed as a Jewish religious leader.
Idiom
Chief Rabbi the religious head of the Jewish communities in Britain.
Derivative
rabbinate n.
Etymology
ME & OE f. eccl.L f. Gk rhabbi f. Heb. rabb{icirc} my master f. rab master + pronominal suffix
THESAURUS
Rabbi
Levite, abecedarian, authority, baal kore, boss, bwana, cantor, certified teacher, chef, chief, chief rabbi, church dignitary, docent, doctor, dominie, don, ecclesiarch, educationist, educator, elder, elder statesman, employer, fellow, goodman, great soul, guide, guru, high priest, husband, illuminate, instructor, intellect, intellectual, kohen, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, lover of wisdom, maestro, mahatma, man of intellect, man of wisdom, mandarin, master, mastermind, melamed, mentor, mullah, oracle, overlord, padrone, pandit, paramount, paterfamilias, patriarch, patron, pedagogist, pedagogue, philosopher, preceptor, priest, professor, pundit, rabbin, rishi, sage, sahib, sapient, savant, scholar, schoolkeeper, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, scribe, seer, seigneur, seignior, starets, teacher, thinker, wise man, wise old manROGET THESAURUS
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Clergy
N clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk, clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister, father, father in Christ, padre, abbe, cure, patriarch, reverend, black coat, confessor, dignitaries of the church, ecclesiarch, hierarch, ebdomarius, eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate, deacon, deaconess, preacher, reader, lecturer, capitular, missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher, churchwarden, sidesman, clerk, precentor, choir, almoner, suisse, verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan, acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte, altar boy, chorister, Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal, ancient flamen, flamen, confessor, penitentiary, spiritual director, cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer, canon regular, canon secular, Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites, Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite, Augustinian, Gilbertine, Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars, Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine, Templar, Hospitaler, Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite, abbess, prioress, canoness, religieuse, nun, novice, postulant, prophet, priest, high priest, Levite, Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe, scribe, mullah, muezzin, ayatollah, ulema, imaum, imam, sheik, sufi, kahin, kassis, mufti, hadji, dervish, fakir, faquir, brahmin, guru, kaziaskier, poonghie, sanyasi, druid, bonze, santon, abdal, Lama, talapoin, caloyer, the Reverend, the very Reverend, the Right Reverend, ordained, in orders, called to the ministry.
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