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Rabbi

nouncommon in dialogue

  • United States

The title of a rabbi (a Jewish scholar or teacher); used before or instead of the rabbi's name.

noun

  1. 1

    The title of a rabbi (a Jewish scholar or teacher); used before or instead of the rabbi's name.

    This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s.

Forms

plural
Rabbis
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