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Definition of rabbi noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rabbi

noun
 
/ˈræbaɪ/
 
/ˈræbaɪ/
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  1. a Jewish religious leader or a teacher of Jewish law
    • the Chief Rabbi (= the leader of Jewish communities in a particular country)
    • Rabbi Sacks
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2, Jobsc2
    Word Originlate Old English, via ecclesiastical Latin and Greek from Hebrew rabbī ‘my master’, from rab̲ ‘master’.
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