rabbin

[ rab-in ]

/ ˈræb ɪn /

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noun Archaic.

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Origin of rabbin

1525–35; <Middle French ≪ Aramaic rabbīn masters (plural of rab)

I realize that the US is about as likely to have a Grand-Rabbin as it is to have national identity cards.
Are the French Anti-Semites?|Euny Hong|March 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
L'Abb et le Rabbin, and Essai sur l'art de ramper, l'usage des courtisans.
Baron d'Holbach|Max Pearson Cushing
We adjourned to the garden of the missions trangres; met there M. Drach, who had been chief rabbin.
Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847|T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
A procession was formed by a number of choristers, led by the ministre officiant, and preceded by the Grand Rabbin.
Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I|Sir Moses Montefiore

The marriage ceremony was performed by the Grand Rabbin, who delivered an excellent discourse in French.
Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I|Sir Moses Montefiore
The Rabbin had probably read only the Pentateuch, and mingled with companions of mean occupations, and meaner minds.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3)|Isaac Disraeli