rabban
[rab-uh n, ruh-bahn; Sephardic Hebrew, Ashkenazic Hebrew rah-bahn]
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noun, plural rab·ba·nim [ruh-bah-nim, rah-buh-neem; Sephardic Hebrew rah-bah-neem; Ashkenazic Hebrew rah-buh-nim, rah-baw-nim] /rəˈbɑ nɪm, ˌrɑ bəˈnim; Sephardic Hebrew rɑ bɑˈnim; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˌrɑ bəˈnɪm, rɑˈbɔ nɪm/. Judaism.
master; teacher (used as a term of address and title of respect for a person ranking higher than a rabbi).
Origin of rabban
< Hebrew rabbān < Aramaic
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Rab was an inferior title and Rabban a superior one to Rabbi.
Jesus the ChristJames Edward Talmage
As bishop, Mar Shimun is of course a rabban also, and as such eats no meat.
The Cradle of MankindW.A. Wigram
He was the first to whose name was prefixed the title Rabban (Master, Teacher).
We passed the night in the miserable village of Rabban Audishio.
Discoveries among the Ruins of Nineveh and BabylonAusten H. Layard
Rabban Ephrem was a handsome young monk, a refugee from Nisibis when that city was ceded to Persia.
The Cradle of MankindW.A. Wigram