rabbin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rabbin
1525–35; < Middle French ≪ Aramaic rabbīn masters (plural of rab )
Example Sentences
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That a conspicuous rabbin, Akiba, should have taken part in it, and have recognised in Simeon the Messiah, was an inconsistency on his part which redounds to his honour.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
At Berlin, Mendelssohn becomes an amanuensis to another poor rabbin, who could only still initiate him into the theology, the jurisprudence, and the scholastic philosophy of his people.
From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac
"Nay, then, thou strict little rabbin, what shall we do?"
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth
A rabbin published a catalogue of rabbinical writers, and called it Labia Dormientium, from Cantic. vii.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
A rabbin once saw in a desert a flock of geese so fat that their feathers fell off, and the rivers flowed in fat.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
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