rabbinic

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɹəˈbɪnɪk/
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/ɹəˈbɪnɪk/ · /ˌɹæˈbɪnɪk/

Definition of rabbinic

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to rabbis.
    “Yoni was hired as the shul's cantor, but he has a very rabbinic attitude.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to rabbis.
    “Yoni was hired as the shul's cantor, but he has a very rabbinic attitude.”
  2. (not-comparable)Formulated or enacted by rabbis.
    “Even though some modern Jews are less interested in rabbinic enactments than the traditions that have explicit roots in Biblical law, most still practice customs that would not exist without rabbinic innovation.”
    “The book significantly extends on Rosenstein’s monumental 1990 work, “The Unbroken Chain,” which focused on the genealogies of the major Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasties from medieval times to the present.”

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Etymology

From rabbi + -n- + -ic.

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