Synonyms for rabbi

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rab-ahy

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræb aɪ

Définition of rabbi

Origin : "Jewish doctor of religious law," late 15c. (in Old English in biblical context only; in Middle English also as a title prefixed to personal names), from Late Latin rabbi, from Greek rhabbi, from Mishnaic Hebrew rabbi "my master," from rabh "master, great one," title of respect for Jewish doctors of law + -i, first person singular pronominal suffix. From Semitic root r-b-b "to be great or numerous" (cf. robh "multitude;" Aramaic rabh "great; chief, master, teacher;" Arabic rabba "was great," rabb "master").

noun clergyman

Example sentences :

And let the sheikh and the priest and the rabbi embrace on that very Stump and make up.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Give her one child, and it shall be Thine—if it is a son, to be a Rabbi in Thy synagogues.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

No one came near them—neither Moor nor Jew, neither Rabbi nor elder.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

She was too innocent to see the trick, but the Rabbi failed.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

But a Chacham (Rabbi), unappeased, raised a loud plaint of blasphemy.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

Then, placing his foot upon the Rabbi's neck, he cried: "Andate!"
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

Rabbi Gershon went home in alarm and told his sister that the claimant was come.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

I was indeed long since qualified as a Rabbi, and only waited for some reputable post.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

But the Rabbi was told from Heaven that the fort was almost impregnable in the daytime.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

Rabbi as thou art, thou art an Epicurean; thou sittest in the seat of the scorner.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

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