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rebbetzin

or reb·bitz·in

[ reb-i-tsin ]

noun

, Yiddish.
  1. the wife of a rabbi.


rebbetzin

/ ˈrɛbətsən /

noun

  1. Judaism the wife of a rabbi
“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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rebbetzin1

from Yiddish
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Example Sentences

The "Rebbetzin" is probably a phenomenon belonging to a past epoch.

The more modest and simple the Rav, the haughtier and more exigent the Rebbetzin.

The rabbi also came to the Ring, and with him the Rebbetzin.

The Rebbetzin has been suffering two or three months with rheumatism, and lies in another room.

I tell you there was a to-do when they went to receive him and his Rebbetzin; they rode as far as Kandrzin and met him there.

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