Meanings
nounrabbinate (countable and uncountable, plural rabbinates)
plural rabbinates
- countableuncountableThe office or function of a rabbi.
Adam [...] thought the call to the rabbinate should be entirely pure, a discussion a man has with God.
2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 201 - countableuncountableA body of rabbis.
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.
1989 April 8, Jon David Aloisi-Nalley, “Israeli Legislator Addresses NYC Gay Synagogue”, in Gay Community News, page 7 - countableuncountableRabbis collectively.
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Czech rabinát
- rabinátoffice or function of a rabbi
French rabbinat
- rabbinatoffice or function of a rabbi
German Rabbinat
- Rabbinatoffice or function of a rabbi
Hebrew רַבָּנוּת, רבנות
- רַבָּנוּת (rabanút)office or function of a rabbi
- רבנות (rabanut)rabbis collectively
Polish rabinat
- rabinatoffice or function of a rabbi
Romanian rabinat
- rabinatoffice or function of a rabbi
Turkish hahamlık
- hahamlıkoffice or function of a rabbi
Yiddish רביסטווע, רבישאַפֿט
- רביסטווע (rebistve)office or function of a rabbi
- רבישאַפֿט (rebeshaft)office or function of a rabbi
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