Rabbi

Definition of rabbi:

part of speech: noun

Title of a Jewish teacher or doctor of the law.

part of speech: noun

A Jewish title for an interpreter of the law; a Jewish teacher or pastor.

Usage examples for rabbi:

• It was Rabbi Moses who, while still in Russia, corresponded with Samuel ben Ali, head of the Babylonian Academy, and called the attention of Western scholars to certain Gaonic decisions. "The Haskalah Movement in Russia", Jacob S. Raisin.

• Define Browning's creed as found in Rabbi Ben Ezra. "Halleck's New English Literature", Reuben P. Halleck.

• This form has served to unfold the peculiar actions of Mrs. Caudle's mind and also the sublime convictions of Rabbi Ben Ezra. "Browning and the Dramatic Monologue", S. S. Curry.

• Roger Mifflin would have said, after studying the hall, that someone in the house was sure to be reading the poems of Rabbi Tagore; but Aubrey was not so caustic. "The Haunted Bookshop", Christopher Morley.