Rabbi

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: rab=bi

CIDE DICTIONARY

Rabbi, n. [L., fr. Gr. "rabbi`, Heb. rabī my master, from rab master, lord, teacher, akin to Ar. rabb.].

 Master; lord; teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
"Be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Rabbi, n. (pl. rabbis)
1 a Jewish scholar or teacher, esp. of the law.
2 a person appointed as a Jewish religious leader.

Idiom

Chief Rabbi the religious head of the Jewish communities in Britain.

Derivative

rabbinate n.

Etymology

ME & OE f. eccl.L f. Gk rhabbi f. Heb. rabb{icirc} my master f. rab master + pronominal suffix

THESAURUS

Rabbi

Levite, abecedarian, authority, baal kore, boss, bwana, cantor, certified teacher, chef, chief, chief rabbi, church dignitary, docent, doctor, dominie, don, ecclesiarch, educationist, educator, elder, elder statesman, employer, fellow, goodman, great soul, guide, guru, high priest, husband, illuminate, instructor, intellect, intellectual, kohen, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, lover of wisdom, maestro, mahatma, man of intellect, man of wisdom, mandarin, master, mastermind, melamed, mentor, mullah, oracle, overlord, padrone, pandit, paramount, paterfamilias, patriarch, patron, pedagogist, pedagogue, philosopher, preceptor, priest, professor, pundit, rabbin, rishi, sage, sahib, sapient, savant, scholar, schoolkeeper, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, scribe, seer, seigneur, seignior, starets, teacher, thinker, wise man, wise old man

ROGET THESAURUS

Rabbi

Clergy

N clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk, clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, pastor, shepherd, minister, father, father in Christ, padre, abbe, cure, patriarch, reverend, black coat, confessor, dignitaries of the church, ecclesiarch, hierarch, ebdomarius, eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate, deacon, deaconess, preacher, reader, lecturer, capitular, missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher, churchwarden, sidesman, clerk, precentor, choir, almoner, suisse, verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan, acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte, altar boy, chorister, Pope, Papa, pontiff, high priest, cardinal, ancient flamen, flamen, confessor, penitentiary, spiritual director, cenobite, conventual, abbot, prior, monk, friar, lay brother, beadsman, mendicant, pilgrim, palmer, canon regular, canon secular, Franciscan, Friars minor, Minorites, Observant, Capuchin, Dominican, Carmelite, Augustinian, Gilbertine, Austin Friars, Black Friars, White Friars, Gray Friars, Crossed Friars, Crutched Friars, Bonhomme, Carthusian, Benedictine, Cistercian, Trappist, Cluniac, Premonstatensian, Maturine, Templar, Hospitaler, Bernardine, Lorettine, pillarist, stylite, abbess, prioress, canoness, religieuse, nun, novice, postulant, prophet, priest, high priest, Levite, Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe, scribe, mullah, muezzin, ayatollah, ulema, imaum, imam, sheik, sufi, kahin, kassis, mufti, hadji, dervish, fakir, faquir, brahmin, guru, kaziaskier, poonghie, sanyasi, druid, bonze, santon, abdal, Lama, talapoin, caloyer, the Reverend, the very Reverend, the Right Reverend, ordained, in orders, called to the ministry.