rabban

[rab-uh n, ruh-bahn; Sephardic Hebrew, Ashkenazic Hebrew rah-bahn]

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

Examples from the Web for rabban

Historical Examples of rabban

Rab was an inferior title and Rabban a superior one to Rabbi.
Jesus the Christ
James Edward Talmage
As bishop, Mar Shimun is of course a rabban also, and as such eats no meat.
The Cradle of Mankind
W.A. Wigram
He was the first to whose name was prefixed the title Rabban (Master, Teacher).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4
Various
We passed the night in the miserable village of Rabban Audishio.
Discoveries among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
Austen H. Layard
Rabban Ephrem was a handsome young monk, a refugee from Nisibis when that city was ceded to Persia.
The Cradle of Mankind
W.A. Wigram