rabbinate
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rabbinate (countable and uncountable, plural rabbinates)
- The office or function of a rabbi.
- 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 201:
- Adam [...] thought the call to the rabbinate should be entirely pure, a discussion a man has with God.
- A body of rabbis.
- 1989 April 8, Jon David Aloisi-Nalley, “Israeli Legislator Addresses NYC Gay Synagogue”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
- 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.
- Rabbis collectively.
Translations
[edit]office or function of a rabbi
rabbis collectively
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