rabban
[ rab-uhn, ruh-bahn; Sephardic Hebrew, Ashkenazic Hebrew rah-bahn ]
/ ˈræb ən, rəˈbɑn; Sephardic Hebrew, Ashkenazic Hebrew rɑˈbɑn /
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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).
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Origin of rabban
<Hebrew rabbān<Aramaic
Words nearby rabban
rabal, rabat, rabato, Rabaul, Rabbah, rabban, Rabbath Ammon, rabbet, rabbeting, rabbet joint, rabbet plane
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