rabbin.¹

Brit.

/ˈrabʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈræˌbaɪ/

Forms: Old English– rabbi, Middle English rabe, Middle English–1500s raby, Middle English–1500s 1900s– rabi, Middle English–1700s rabby, 1500s–1700s rabbie, 1500s–1800s rabbies (plural); Scottish pre-1700 raby, pre-1700 rabye, 1700s– rabbi. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Partly a borrowing from Hebrew. Etymons: Latin rabbi; Greek ῥαββί; Hebrew rabbī.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin rabbi (in Vetus Latina as a form of address; a1364 prefixed to a personal name, in the passage translated in quot. a1387 at sense 1b) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek ῥαββί (in New Testament as a form of address) and that word's etymon post-biblical Hebrew rabbī, title given to the Tannaim and the Palestinian Amoraim, title given to Jewish religious scholars in general, lit. ‘my master’ < raḇ master (also as adjective in sense ‘great’: see Rav n.) + -ī , first person singular possessive suffix. Compare Old French rabi , rabbi (end of 13th cent. as form of address; 1314 prefixed to a name; French rabbi ; in sense 2 the usual word in French is rabbin rabbin n.), Old Occitan rabí (late 13th cent., as form of address of Judas to Jesus), Catalan rabí (late 13th cent. prefixed to a personal name; early 15th cent. in sense 2; plural rabins ), Spanish rabí (c1180; used prefixed to a personal name and in sense 2). Compare rabbin n., Rav n., rebbe n.

1. A title of respect given esp. to a Jewish scholar or teacher with authority and expertise on law and ritual. Abbreviated R.The Hebrew title has been in use since the 1st century b.c.e.

a. As a form of address. (In early use only in translations or echoes of New Testament passages.)

ΚΠ

OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) i. 38 Hi cwædon to him ‘rabbi’ [L. Rabbi], þæt is gecweden & gereht lareow, ‘hwar eardast ðu?’

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John i. 38 Raby [L. Rabbi], that is interpretid, Maistir, where dwellist thou?

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 50 ‘Ave, rabby!’ [c1400 C text rabi] quod þat Ribaude and þrew redes at hym.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 479 God liketh nat that Raby men vs calle.

a1450 tr. Aelred of Rievaulx De Institutione Inclusarum (Bodl.) (1984) 22 O blessed mary..what brennynge of loue was ther whan thou aunswerdist, ‘Raby’, that is to say, ‘Maister’.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 94 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 97 Befor ye pape..on kneis he fell Said Aue Raby.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxiii. f. xxxij^v Ye shall nott suffre youre selves to be called rabi.

c1540 Image Ipocrysy i, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 416 Wher they may haue metinge With lordes and with ladyes, To be called Rabyes.

1611 Bible (King James) John i. 38 They said vnto him, Rabbi, (which is to say being interpreted, Master) where dwellest thou?

1694 W. Penn Pref. to G. Fox's Jrnl. sig. D2 Well remembering..the Command of their Lord and Master Jesus Christ, who forbad his Followers to call Men Rabby, which implies Lord and Master.

a1737 J. Hutchinson Remarks Serm. A.S. Catcott in Philos. & Theol. Wks. (1749) VI. 380 He (Mr. Catcott) adds, that Christ, and He only in Propriety when on Earth, was called Rubbi or Rabbi, My Great One.

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 207 They called him rabbi in College for all that, because he used to get the head præmium in Haibrew.

1883 in W. C. Smith Poet. Wks. (1902) 310 The Carpenter, now, did not care to be great, And to ape what the fine lords of Herod might do, Nor yet be called Rabbi, and sit in the gate As a Judge, or a Parliament man to the Jew.

1929 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 6 Mar. 5/5 The title of Rabbi is accorded Jewish scholars of eminence as well as to the ministry.

1958 Jewish Q. Rev. 49 153 Another kabbalist designated the demagogue Nathan of Gaza by the title of rabbi.

1989 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 12 Jan. b4/6 Although Rabbi Friedman was his close friend for years he never called him by his first name. ‘I always called him Rabbi.’

2006 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 21 June 6 Gradually I noticed that at every meeting he refrained from addressing me as rabbi.

b. Prefixed to a personal name.

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 365 (MED) Aristotel..lovede to folwe þe sothe..Avicenna preyseþ hym..and Raby Moyses [L. Rabbi Moyses].

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 7685 (MED) Raby Moyses says alle þis.

?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Yiij^v Rabymoyses..approued water dystylled of a leane gotes mylke.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxix. 548 The same man whom..the Chronicle of the Iewes calleth Rabbi Iohanan.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. iv. i. 271 T'is Rabbi Moyses Aphorisme. The prognosticon of Avicenna, Rhasis, Ætius.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. vii. 285 The Blew and Red Men of Rabbi Elcha, that came out of the Mountains of Armenia.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Talmud Rabbi Juda is said to have compos'd the Mischna..in the IId Century.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. Notes p. xxx/2 Rabbi Abraham, in the Tarikh Schickard.

1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 92/2 The Jerusalem Talmud appears to have been compiled..by Rabbi Jochonan.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 555 He was met by Rabbi Eliezer in the street of Sepphoris, and gave to the Rabbi a Halacha, or legal decision, which pleased him, on Deut. xxiii. 19.

1931 Amer. Mercury Jan. 35/1 It would take the limber, vibrant, air-cooled tongue of a Rabbi Stephen S. Wise..to describe my relief and comfort.

1976 J. Rosenthal Bar Mitzvah Boy & Other Television Plays (1987) 35 I would like to thank Rabbi Sherman also for the patience he has bestowed on me during the last year.

2002 Times (Nexis) 13 Sept. 11 The religious leaders spent the day..with..Imam Habib-ur-Rahman of the Glasgow Central Mosque and Rabbi Rubin of Giffnock Synagogue.

2. A Jewish scholar or teacher with authority and expertise on law and ritual. Now: spec. one who is authorized by ordination to deal with such matters; (in modern Jewish use usually) the religious leader or official of a synagogue or congregation. Cf. rebbe n.In plural. With the. The chief authorities on rabbinical matters, esp. the authors of the Talmud; cf. rabbin n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > law > Jewish law > Talmudic scholar, rabbi > [noun]

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c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1888) 81 86 Rabi is to vndurstonde, Maister most in vch a londe.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope i A Rabe of Lucanye sayd to his sone in this maner.

1586 T. White Serm. Pensehurst 21 June sig. a4^v It is no maruaile therefore if one, a most learned Rabby of the Jewes..did..wonder and doubt of this principle of religion.

1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 226 Each Synagogue hath his Rabbi to expound their Lawe.

1645 J. Marsh Marsh his Mickle Monument 75 Christ did not with his Rabby Doctours sit, So much to hear them, as for to oppose Their vanity.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 221/1 The Jews..are Married in the open Aire, either in the Streets or Gardens, by their Rabbies.

1729 A. Collins Dialogue between Mr. Grounds & Tom Woolston 16 My honest Friend the Jewish Rabby, destroying in an Instant the Story of Christ's Resurrection.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1845) V. l. 22 The dreams and traditions of the Jewish rabbis.

1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 92/2 The Rabbis of Tiberias and Babylon wrote numerous commentaries upon it [sc. the Mishna].

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 391 The early and almost universal seizures of medical officers, of the clergy and rabbis.

1922 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 41 136 Whatever the Rabbis might have been, we must not think of them as a class by themselves separated from the people; they were neither monks nor professors.

1950 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 19 100/2 Last week our minister went to the Jewish Temple to preach and their Rabbi came to our church to preach about brotherhood.

1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 598/1 The first record of hemophilia appeared around a.d. 500 in the writings of the Talmudic rabbis.

2002 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 26 Aug. The Rabbi, an ardent Zionist and Talmudic scholar, was an imposing charismatic figure around Carlisle Circus.

a. A person whose learning, authority, or office is comparable to that of a Jewish rabbi, esp. a Roman Catholic priest or a Protestant minister. In early use frequently derogatory. Also occasionally as a title.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun]

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1527 W. Roye tr. W. Capito Lytle Treat. for Christen Men sig. a3 Ye truely soche thynges As greate vniversites and notable Rabys knowe nott.

1553 in tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obediencia: Oration Transl. to Rdr. sig. A.vi^v If these rufflinge rabbies in their Sermons and aduised Orations saide and wrote the truth.

?1570 T. Drant Two Serm. i. sig. diii The chiefe Rabbie and most frolicke diuine of all their side Hosius, how hath he concluded of this saying: ‘Obey those that be ouer you.’

1629 L. Owen Speculum Iesuiticum (new ed.) 1 These great Rabbies that call themselues Iesuites.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 4 The deep obligement of the people unto these their Rabbies [sc. the Druids].

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 175 This book..pusled the Presbyterian Rabbies for a time.

1705 J. Abbadie Great & Stupendious Myst. Man's Salvation vii. 416 There needs only a Term ill taken..and sometimes the Vision of a Rabby or an Equivocal Expression, to betray you into the most extravagant Sentiments in the World.

1750 M. Clancy Memoirs I. 61 The Rabbies..have founded it in some Measure on the Doctrine of the Stoic Philosophers, who punished the least Fault with the utmost severity.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 98 One of the great Presbyterian Rabbies..might well doubt whether..he should be benefited by a comprehension.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson Weir of Hermiston (1896) i. 24 ‘I can't see it,’ said the little Rabbi... ‘No, I cannae see it.’

1970 Presbyterian Herald July–Aug. 6/2 There is a famous saying of Rabbi Duncan..in which he speaks of himself as a paedobaptist.

2000 Wired Feb. 128/3 This is a really serious group of people—they're the rabbis of the newspaper world.

b. U.S. colloquial. A teacher, mentor, or adviser; a patron.

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society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun]

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1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky vii. ii. 155 Joe, the plump, dark fellow who was teaching me the trade..was fond of referring to himself as my ‘rabbi’.

1969 New Yorker 3 May 64/2 I asked him if he had done any thinking lately about..violence... ‘Mitch Ginsberg has been my rabbi in that,’ the Mayor answered.

1990 F. Dannen Hit Men (1991) xiii. 242 Though Walter had little to do with signing Michael to CBS..he had evolved into Michael's rabbi. ‘Michael Jackson would ask Walter for advice on most anything,’ said Yetnikoff's attorney.

2000 J. Lorber in M. S. Kimmel & A. Aronson Gendered Society Reader 275 Promising young men..are groomed for senior management by ‘godfathers’ or ‘rabbis’—sponsors who..see to it that they learn the informal organizational rules for getting ahead.

c. U.S. slang. Especially in New York City: a person in a position of authority who exerts (illicit or inappropriate) influence or protection on behalf of a person.

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1932 Amer. Speech 7 278 Rabbi, one who aids in the securing of a special privilege or favor [at the New York Post Office].

1955 A. Deutsch Trouble with Cops 50 Among policemen in New York City, ‘rabbi’ is a euphemism for the influential businessman, district political leader or racketeer who takes a personal interest in a particular cop's career and uses his weight to advance it.

1969 D. R. Cressey Theft of Nation ix. 188 They [sc. the bosses] brag that they have a ‘rabbi’, a ‘beard’, a ‘cousin’, or a ‘front’ in city hall or in the police department, and that this corruptee will insure that no one who sticks with them will be seriously hurt by the forces of law and order.

1996 R. Marcinko & J. Weisman Green Team 73 The son of a bitch would come after us, and without a rabbi like CNO [= Chief of Naval Operations] to protect us, we were all vulnerable.

2004 E. Conlon Blue Blood iii. 66 I had a ‘hook’—once known as a ‘rabbi’, a high-ranking officer I could call on for a favor—in my parents' friend Inspector Mullen.

Derivatives

ˈrabbi-like adj.

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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rabinique, Rabbie-like, of the Rabbies.

1985 K. Starr Inventing Dream x. 311 For Lasky—rotund, balding, rabbi-like in his rimless spectacles—the move back to California was a homecoming.

2005 Investor's Business Daily (Nexis) 31 Aug. A04 The rabbi assumed his son would follow in his footsteps. ‘But he said, “Fine, you can be a rabbi-like doctor.”’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rabbi
释义	rabbin.¹ Brit. /ˈrabʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈræˌbaɪ/ Forms: Old English– rabbi, Middle English rabe, Middle English–1500s raby, Middle English–1500s 1900s– rabi, Middle English–1700s rabby, 1500s–1700s rabbie, 1500s–1800s rabbies (plural); Scottish pre-1700 raby, pre-1700 rabye, 1700s– rabbi. Also with capital initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Partly a borrowing from Hebrew. Etymons: Latin rabbi; Greek ῥαββί; Hebrew rabbī. Etymology: < post-classical Latin rabbi (in Vetus Latina as a form of address; a1364 prefixed to a personal name, in the passage translated in quot. a1387 at sense 1b) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek ῥαββί (in New Testament as a form of address) and that word's etymon post-biblical Hebrew rabbī, title given to the Tannaim and the Palestinian Amoraim, title given to Jewish religious scholars in general, lit. ‘my master’ < raḇ master (also as adjective in sense ‘great’: see Rav n.) + -ī , first person singular possessive suffix. Compare Old French rabi , rabbi (end of 13th cent. as form of address; 1314 prefixed to a name; French rabbi ; in sense 2 the usual word in French is rabbin rabbin n.), Old Occitan rabí (late 13th cent., as form of address of Judas to Jesus), Catalan rabí (late 13th cent. prefixed to a personal name; early 15th cent. in sense 2; plural rabins ), Spanish rabí (c1180; used prefixed to a personal name and in sense 2). Compare rabbin n., Rav n., rebbe n. 1. A title of respect given esp. to a Jewish scholar or teacher with authority and expertise on law and ritual. Abbreviated R.The Hebrew title has been in use since the 1st century b.c.e. a. As a form of address. (In early use only in translations or echoes of New Testament passages.) ΚΠ OE West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) i. 38 Hi cwædon to him ‘rabbi’ [L. Rabbi], þæt is gecweden & gereht lareow, ‘hwar eardast ðu?’ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John i. 38 Raby [L. Rabbi], that is interpretid, Maistir, where dwellist thou? c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 50 ‘Ave, rabby!’ [c1400 C text rabi] quod þat Ribaude and þrew redes at hym. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 479 God liketh nat that Raby men vs calle. a1450 tr. Aelred of Rievaulx De Institutione Inclusarum (Bodl.) (1984) 22 O blessed mary..what brennynge of loue was ther whan thou aunswerdist, ‘Raby’, that is to say, ‘Maister’. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 94 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 97 Befor ye pape..on kneis he fell Said Aue Raby. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxiii. f. xxxij^v Ye shall nott suffre youre selves to be called rabi. c1540 Image Ipocrysy i, in J. Skelton Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 416 Wher they may haue metinge With lordes and with ladyes, To be called Rabyes. 1611 Bible (King James) John i. 38 They said vnto him, Rabbi, (which is to say being interpreted, Master) where dwellest thou? View more context for this quotation 1694 W. Penn Pref. to G. Fox's Jrnl. sig. D2 Well remembering..the Command of their Lord and Master Jesus Christ, who forbad his Followers to call Men Rabby, which implies Lord and Master. a1737 J. Hutchinson Remarks Serm. A.S. Catcott in Philos. & Theol. Wks. (1749) VI. 380 He (Mr. Catcott) adds, that Christ, and He only in Propriety when on Earth, was called Rubbi or Rabbi, My Great One. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 207 They called him rabbi in College for all that, because he used to get the head præmium in Haibrew. 1883 in W. C. Smith Poet. Wks. (1902) 310 The Carpenter, now, did not care to be great, And to ape what the fine lords of Herod might do, Nor yet be called Rabbi, and sit in the gate As a Judge, or a Parliament man to the Jew. 1929 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 6 Mar. 5/5 The title of Rabbi is accorded Jewish scholars of eminence as well as to the ministry. 1958 Jewish Q. Rev. 49 153 Another kabbalist designated the demagogue Nathan of Gaza by the title of rabbi. 1989 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 12 Jan. b4/6 Although Rabbi Friedman was his close friend for years he never called him by his first name. ‘I always called him Rabbi.’ 2006 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 21 June 6 Gradually I noticed that at every meeting he refrained from addressing me as rabbi. b. Prefixed to a personal name. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 365 (MED) Aristotel..lovede to folwe þe sothe..Avicenna preyseþ hym..and Raby Moyses [L. Rabbi Moyses]. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 7685 (MED) Raby Moyses says alle þis. ?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Yiij^v Rabymoyses..approued water dystylled of a leane gotes mylke. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxix. 548 The same man whom..the Chronicle of the Iewes calleth Rabbi Iohanan. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. iv. i. 271 T'is Rabbi Moyses Aphorisme. The prognosticon of Avicenna, Rhasis, Ætius. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. vii. 285 The Blew and Red Men of Rabbi Elcha, that came out of the Mountains of Armenia. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Talmud Rabbi Juda is said to have compos'd the Mischna..in the IId Century. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. Notes p. xxx/2 Rabbi Abraham, in the Tarikh Schickard. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 92/2 The Jerusalem Talmud appears to have been compiled..by Rabbi Jochonan. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 555 He was met by Rabbi Eliezer in the street of Sepphoris, and gave to the Rabbi a Halacha, or legal decision, which pleased him, on Deut. xxiii. 19. 1931 Amer. Mercury Jan. 35/1 It would take the limber, vibrant, air-cooled tongue of a Rabbi Stephen S. Wise..to describe my relief and comfort. 1976 J. Rosenthal Bar Mitzvah Boy & Other Television Plays (1987) 35 I would like to thank Rabbi Sherman also for the patience he has bestowed on me during the last year. 2002 Times (Nexis) 13 Sept. 11 The religious leaders spent the day..with..Imam Habib-ur-Rahman of the Glasgow Central Mosque and Rabbi Rubin of Giffnock Synagogue. 2. A Jewish scholar or teacher with authority and expertise on law and ritual. Now: spec. one who is authorized by ordination to deal with such matters; (in modern Jewish use usually) the religious leader or official of a synagogue or congregation. Cf. rebbe n.In plural. With the. The chief authorities on rabbinical matters, esp. the authors of the Talmud; cf. rabbin n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > law > Jewish law > Talmudic scholar, rabbi > [noun] rabbic1390 rabbin?1545 Talmudist1569 Talmudician1577 R1614 Talmudic1624 Morenu1650 tanna1718 Rav1809 Talmid Chacham1863 rebbe1881 lamdan1907 tannaite1919 c1390 (c1350) Proprium Sanctorum in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1888) 81 86 Rabi is to vndurstonde, Maister most in vch a londe. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope i A Rabe of Lucanye sayd to his sone in this maner. 1586 T. White Serm. Pensehurst 21 June sig. a4^v It is no maruaile therefore if one, a most learned Rabby of the Jewes..did..wonder and doubt of this principle of religion. 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 226 Each Synagogue hath his Rabbi to expound their Lawe. 1645 J. Marsh Marsh his Mickle Monument 75 Christ did not with his Rabby Doctours sit, So much to hear them, as for to oppose Their vanity. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 221/1 The Jews..are Married in the open Aire, either in the Streets or Gardens, by their Rabbies. 1729 A. Collins Dialogue between Mr. Grounds & Tom Woolston 16 My honest Friend the Jewish Rabby, destroying in an Instant the Story of Christ's Resurrection. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1845) V. l. 22 The dreams and traditions of the Jewish rabbis. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 92/2 The Rabbis of Tiberias and Babylon wrote numerous commentaries upon it [sc. the Mishna]. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 391 The early and almost universal seizures of medical officers, of the clergy and rabbis. 1922 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 41 136 Whatever the Rabbis might have been, we must not think of them as a class by themselves separated from the people; they were neither monks nor professors. 1950 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 19 100/2 Last week our minister went to the Jewish Temple to preach and their Rabbi came to our church to preach about brotherhood. 1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 598/1 The first record of hemophilia appeared around a.d. 500 in the writings of the Talmudic rabbis. 2002 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 26 Aug. The Rabbi, an ardent Zionist and Talmudic scholar, was an imposing charismatic figure around Carlisle Circus. 3. a. A person whose learning, authority, or office is comparable to that of a Jewish rabbi, esp. a Roman Catholic priest or a Protestant minister. In early use frequently derogatory. Also occasionally as a title. 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Drant Two Serm. i. sig. diii The chiefe Rabbie and most frolicke diuine of all their side Hosius, how hath he concluded of this saying: ‘Obey those that be ouer you.’ 1629 L. Owen Speculum Iesuiticum (new ed.) 1 These great Rabbies that call themselues Iesuites. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 4 The deep obligement of the people unto these their Rabbies [sc. the Druids]. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 175 This book..pusled the Presbyterian Rabbies for a time. 1705 J. Abbadie Great & Stupendious Myst. Man's Salvation vii. 416 There needs only a Term ill taken..and sometimes the Vision of a Rabby or an Equivocal Expression, to betray you into the most extravagant Sentiments in the World. 1750 M. Clancy Memoirs I. 61 The Rabbies..have founded it in some Measure on the Doctrine of the Stoic Philosophers, who punished the least Fault with the utmost severity. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 98 One of the great Presbyterian Rabbies..might well doubt whether..he should be benefited by a comprehension. a1894 R. L. Stevenson Weir of Hermiston (1896) i. 24 ‘I can't see it,’ said the little Rabbi... ‘No, I cannae see it.’ 1970 Presbyterian Herald July–Aug. 6/2 There is a famous saying of Rabbi Duncan..in which he speaks of himself as a paedobaptist. 2000 Wired Feb. 128/3 This is a really serious group of people—they're the rabbis of the newspaper world. b. U.S. colloquial. A teacher, mentor, or adviser; a patron. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] larewc900 mastereOE lorthewc1160 lore-fatherc1175 lerera1340 lister1377 loresman1377 doctora1382 learner1382 teacherc1384 readera1387 lore-mastera1400 former1401 informer?c1422 preceptorc1450 instructora1464 informator1483 doctrinal?1504 lear-father1533 usher1533 instructer1534 trainer1543 educator1609 instituter1670 institutorc1675 subpreceptor1696 Barbe1710 pundit1816 umfundisi1825 preception1882 guru1884 mwalimu1884 rabbi1917 1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky vii. ii. 155 Joe, the plump, dark fellow who was teaching me the trade..was fond of referring to himself as my ‘rabbi’. 1969 New Yorker 3 May 64/2 I asked him if he had done any thinking lately about..violence... ‘Mitch Ginsberg has been my rabbi in that,’ the Mayor answered. 1990 F. Dannen Hit Men (1991) xiii. 242 Though Walter had little to do with signing Michael to CBS..he had evolved into Michael's rabbi. ‘Michael Jackson would ask Walter for advice on most anything,’ said Yetnikoff's attorney. 2000 J. Lorber in M. S. Kimmel & A. Aronson Gendered Society Reader 275 Promising young men..are groomed for senior management by ‘godfathers’ or ‘rabbis’—sponsors who..see to it that they learn the informal organizational rules for getting ahead. c. U.S. slang. Especially in New York City: a person in a position of authority who exerts (illicit or inappropriate) influence or protection on behalf of a person. ΚΠ 1932 Amer. Speech 7 278 Rabbi, one who aids in the securing of a special privilege or favor [at the New York Post Office]. 1955 A. Deutsch Trouble with Cops 50 Among policemen in New York City, ‘rabbi’ is a euphemism for the influential businessman, district political leader or racketeer who takes a personal interest in a particular cop's career and uses his weight to advance it. 1969 D. R. Cressey Theft of Nation ix. 188 They [sc. the bosses] brag that they have a ‘rabbi’, a ‘beard’, a ‘cousin’, or a ‘front’ in city hall or in the police department, and that this corruptee will insure that no one who sticks with them will be seriously hurt by the forces of law and order. 1996 R. Marcinko & J. Weisman Green Team 73 The son of a bitch would come after us, and without a rabbi like CNO [= Chief of Naval Operations] to protect us, we were all vulnerable. 2004 E. Conlon Blue Blood iii. 66 I had a ‘hook’—once known as a ‘rabbi’, a high-ranking officer I could call on for a favor—in my parents' friend Inspector Mullen. Derivatives ˈrabbi-like adj. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rabinique, Rabbie-like, of the Rabbies. 1985 K. Starr Inventing Dream x. 311 For Lasky—rotund, balding, rabbi-like in his rimless spectacles—the move back to California was a homecoming. 2005 Investor's Business Daily (Nexis) 31 Aug. A04 The rabbi assumed his son would follow in his footsteps. ‘But he said, “Fine, you can be a rabbi-like doctor.”’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rabbin.² Brit. /ˈrabi/, /ˈrabʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈræˌbi/, /ˈræˌbaɪ/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rabat n.² Etymology: Variant or alteration of rabat n.², perhaps originally in humorous allusion to rabbi n.¹ (compare rabbi n.¹ 3). A vest or removable shirt front worn by a priest. Cf. rabat n.² 2, stock n.¹ 44b. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > neck and shoulder garb > [noun] > stock rabat1861 stock1883 rabbi1909 1909 J. A. Nainfa Costume of Prelates iii. 50 Our Roman Collar..consists of two parts, a starched circle of white linen—the collar, and a piece of cloth or silk to which the collar itself is fastened by means of buttons, hooks, etc., and has been given the..name of ‘rabbi’. 1948 H. J. McCloud Clerical Dress & Insignia of R.C. Ch. viii. 74 The rabbi is a loose breast piece of silk or woolen material. 1978 J. Carroll Mortal Friends iv. ii. 386 Father McShane..wore his black suit and rabbi, of course, with the spotless high collar which was too tight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rabbiv. Brit. /ˈrabʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈræˌbaɪ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rabbi n.¹ Etymology: < rabbi n.¹ †1. transitive. To call (a person) ‘rabbi’. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Kiv He who hath moni enough shalbe rabbied & maistered at euery word. 1629 Z. Boyd Two Serm. 16 Many can with burning lips call Christ Rabbi, whose wicked hearts are covered but with the silver drosse of hypocrisie: Judas rabbied him with a kisse of burning lips. 2. intransitive. To fulfil the function or office of a rabbi; to act as a rabbi. ΚΠ 1966 H. Kemelman Saturday Rabbi went Hungry xx. 118 If he's too good to eat with us, he's too good to rabbi for us. 1992 Sh'ma 20 Mar. 77/2 Eugene H. Levy is now rabbi-ing in Little Rock, AR. 2016 Times of Israel (Nexis) 19 July Your dad was still finishing his masters, doing clinical work, and working full time, and rabbi-ing, and saving the world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹OEn.²1909v.1583
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