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rabbinate

[ rab-uh-nit, -neyt ]

noun

  1. the office or term of office of a rabbi.
  2. a group of rabbis: rabbi:

    the Orthodox rabbinate.



rabbinate

/ ˈræbɪnɪt /

noun

  1. the position, function, or tenure of office of a rabbi
  2. rabbis collectively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rabbinate1

First recorded in 1695–1705; rabbin + -ate 3
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Example Sentences

An army base in Ramla, in the center of the country near Ben Gurion International Airport, is in normal times the headquarters of the military rabbinate.

They hope to receive word from the rabbinate that it is a match.

He believes that the timing of his appointment and the creation of the military rabbinate reflects a shift in German attitudes towards Jews - a symbol, perhaps, of Germany's reckoning with its abhorrent past.

From BBC

“Going into the rabbinate was not a way of saying, ‘I’m rejecting what you’re doing.’

“They will run into the iron wall of the rabbinate,” or religious establishment.

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