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  Rabbinic

  noun

  the Hebrew language as used by rabbis in post-Biblical times.
• rabbinic
  rabbinic

  adjective

  of or relating to the rabbis, their teachings, writings, views, language, etc

Rabbinic

American  

[ruh-bin-ik] / rəˈbɪn ɪk /

noun

1. the Hebrew language as used by rabbis in post-Biblical times.

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Rabbinic ¹ British  

/ rəˈbɪnɪk /

noun

1. the form of the Hebrew language used by the rabbis of the Middle Ages

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rabbinic ² British  

/ rəˈbɪnɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the rabbis, their teachings, writings, views, language, etc

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Other Word Forms

• rabbinically
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of Rabbinic

1605–15; < Medieval Latin rabbīn ( us ) of a rabbi ¹ + -ic

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Example Sentences

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“Antisemitism, like all forms of bigotry and hate, must be actively resisted by us all,” said Artson, dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of American Jewish University in Los Angeles.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2023

Rabbinic law generally frowns on exhumation of corpses, out of concern for the dignity of the dead.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022

Rabbinic tradition holds that names have the power to shape their bearers’ souls and fates.

From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2016

Raphael's father, Herbert, was a renowned scholar who edited, with Claude Montefiore, the Rabbinic Anthology first published in 1938 and still much in use today.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2011

Rabbinic literature can be studied in two different ways, in two directions, one might say.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Roth, in Mr. Zipperstein’s telling, probed Jewish life—and its collision with American ambition—with more fidelity than any rabbinic sermon could offer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

“They are little babies so they need special treatment,” said Teichman, 77, the rabbinic administrator of Kehilla Kosher, a nonprofit that provides kosher supervision services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

Now the Durham, N.C., resident is studying for rabbinic ordination at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College outside Philadelphia.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023

In rabbinic literature demons are not inherently evil; they are mortal beings with agency, sometimes imagined as the unintended offspring of human beings, and their existence doesn’t pose existential threats to human value.

From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2022

There would be no college education, no bachelor’s degree, nothing, just a rabbinic ordination.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

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