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rabbinate

/ˈɹæbənət/

rabbinate noun: the office or function of a rabbi.

Noun

rabbinate (countable and uncountable, plural rabbinates)

  1. The office or function of a rabbi.
    • Adam [...] thought the call to the rabbinate should be entirely pure, a discussion a man has with God.2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 201
  2. A body of rabbis.
    • The Rabbinate now uses computers to keep lists of women without proper religious divorces (a get) and children born to women without them (mamzerim) -- who are without status under Jewish law.1989 April 8, Jon David Aloisi-Nalley, “Israeli Legislator Addresses NYC Gay Synagogue”, in Gay Community News, page 7
  3. Rabbis collectively.

Forms of rabbinate

pluralrabbinates

Origin of rabbinate

From rabbin- + -ate.

Questions about rabbinate

What does rabbinate mean?
Rabbinate means the office or function of a rabbi.
What part of speech is rabbinate?
Rabbinate is a noun.
How do you pronounce rabbinate?
Rabbinate is pronounced /ˈɹæbənət/.
What is the plural of rabbinate?
The plural of rabbinate is rabbinates.

Words near rabbinate in the dictionary

  1. rabbi cards
  2. rabbidom
  3. Rabbie
  4. rabbies
  5. rabbin
  6. rabbinate
  7. rabbinates
  8. rabbinic
  9. Rabbinic Judaism
  10. rabbinica
  11. rabbinical

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