rabbinate

English

Etymology

rabbin- +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæbɪnət/

Noun

rabbinate (countable and uncountable, plural rabbinates)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Rabbis collectively.

Translations

office or function of a rabbi

• Czech: rabinát m
• French: rabbinat (fr) m
• German: Rabbinat n
• Hebrew: רַבָּנוּת (rabanút)
• Ottoman Turkish: خاخاملق (hahamlık)
• Polish: rabinat (pl) m
• Romanian: rabinat (ro) n
• Turkish: hahamlık (tr)
• Yiddish: רביסטװע f (rebistve)

rabbis collectively

• Hebrew: רבנות f (rabanut)

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