rabbinical

adj
/ɹəˈbɪnəkəl/

Etymology

From rabbi + -n- + -ical.

  1. derived from רַבִּי
  2. derived from ῥαββί
  3. derived from rabbi
  4. inherited from raby
  5. formed as rabbinical — “rabbi + -n- + -ical

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to rabbis, their writings, or their work.

    • 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.
    • 1766, Elizabeth Griffith, The Double Mistake, London: J. Almon et al., Act I, Scene 3, Her father was a very learned divine, and who can tell but she may understand the rabbinical text?

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