rabbinical
English
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[edit]- IPA(key): /ɹəˈbɪnəkəl/
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Adjective
[edit]rabbinical (not comparable)
- Of or relating to rabbis, their writings, or their work.
- Synonym: rabbinic
- 1581, Robert Parsons, A Brief Censure vppon Two Bookes Written in Answere to M. Edmonde Campions Offer of Disputation, Doway: John Lyon, “Towching the Societie,” section heading,[1]
- Three kyndes of Rabbinical expositions of the Law.
- 1665, Robert Boyle, “Occasional Reflections. Reflection REFLECTION 7.”, in Occasional Reflections upon Several Subiects. Whereto is Premis’d a Discourse about Such Kind of Thoughts, London: […] W. Wilson for Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, section I, page 168:
- to gain a little Rabbinical Learning, and find out some unobvious signification of a Word or Phrase, he must devour the tedious and voluminous Rhapsodies that make up the Talmud, in many of which he can scarce learn any thing but the Art of saying nothing in a multitude of words;
- 1766, Elizabeth Griffith, The Double Mistake, London: J. Almon et al., Act I, Scene 3,[2]
- Her father was a very learned divine, and who can tell but she may understand the rabbinical text?
- 1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 68, in Daniel Deronda, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
- Deronda was reading a piece of rabbinical Hebrew under Ezra’s correction and comment […]
- 1969, Philip Roth, chapter 5, in Portnoy’s Complaint[3], New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 203:
- Oh, please, […] I’m a big boy now—so you can knock off the rabbinical righteousness. It turns out to be a little laughable at this stage of the game.
- 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency[4]:
- The new book enlarges the genealogical pyramid, connecting it to Rabbi Jehiel Lurie, head of the 13th-century rabbinical court in Brest-Litovsk, then back to Rashi and beyond.
- 2025 October 29, Julia Jacobs, “‘Nobody Wants This’ Is Back. So Is Jewish Debate Over Its Depictions.”, in The New York Times[5], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- Having invited an audience to watch the premiere of the show’s second season, which began streaming in full last week, Rabbi Stein opened with a brief rabbinical teaching about the power of words to “create worlds.” […] The show has had Jewish writers and rabbinical consultation from Season 1 on, but Rabbi Brous brought additional perspective.