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rabbinate

American  
[rab-uh-nit, -nayt] / ˈræb ə nɪt, -ˌneɪt /

noun

  1. the office or term of office of a rabbi.

  2. a group of rabbis.

    the Orthodox rabbinate.


rabbinate British  
/ ˈræbɪnɪt /

noun

  1. the position, function, or tenure of office of a rabbi

  2. rabbis collectively

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of rabbinate

First recorded in 1695–1705; rabbin + -ate 3


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An army base in Ramla, in the center of the country near Ben Gurion International Airport, is in normal times the headquarters of the military rabbinate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

He believes that the timing of his appointment and the creation of the military rabbinate reflects a shift in German attitudes towards Jews - a symbol, perhaps, of Germany's reckoning with its abhorrent past.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2023

“Going into the rabbinate was not a way of saying, ‘I’m rejecting what you’re doing.’

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2023

Lawler also carefully narrates the dramatic and consequential rifts between the increasingly powerful Orthodox Jewish rabbinate in Jerusalem and its largely secular, scholarly counterparts.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021

During another one of our lunchroom conversations, Danny asked me what good symbolic logic was going to be for me when I entered the rabbinate.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

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