rabbin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rabbin
1525–35; < Middle French ≪ Aramaic rabbīn masters (plural of rab )
Example Sentences
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Mendelssohn, the son of a poor rabbin, in a village in Germany, received an education completely rabbinical, and its nature must be comprehended, or the term of education would be misunderstood.
From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli
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 Isaac Disraeli
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 Julius Wellhausen
A rabbin published a catalogue of rabbinical writers, and called it Labia Dormientium, from Cantic. vii.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
"Nay, then, thou strict little rabbin, what shall we do?"
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller
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