rabbinical

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, Three kyndes of Rabbinical expositions of the Law.

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;

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

Deronda was reading a piece of rabbinical Hebrew under Ezra’s correction and comment […]

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

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.

1969, Philip Roth, chapter 5, in Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 203

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.

2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency