Gabbai
Americannoun
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Gabbaim,
plural
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Gabbais
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a minor official of a synagogue, having limited ceremonial or administrative functions.
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(in the early Middle Ages) a government official charged with collecting taxes.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Gabbai
Literally, “treasurer”
Example Sentences
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This is an important year, said David Dario Gabbai, a 93-year-old survivor who traveled to Poland this week from his home in California.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2015
"The Gabbai wants another hand, and he is ready to take you."
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
Good Shabbos to you, Mr. Gabbai, and kindly mind your own business in future—your locomotives and your sidings and your stinking tunnels.'
From Ghetto Comedies by Israel Zangwill
So violently did he weep that the Gabbai or treasurer—one of the most pious master-bootmakers—gave him the "Peace" salutation after the service.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
Now the whilom Gabbai and Town Councillor found himself almost patronized—as a poor provincial—by this mincing, genteel clerical couple.
From Ghetto Comedies by Israel Zangwill
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