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rabbinical Definition

rab·bini·cal (-i kəl)

adjective

  1. of the rabbis, their doctrines, learning, language, etc., esp. in the early Middle Ages
  2. of or for the rabbinate

Etymology: < ML rabbinus + -ical

rabbinical Related Forms

rab·bini·cally adverb

rabbinical Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • tradition: There is a huge Rabbinical tradition concerning the first chapter of Genesis, which we need not enter into here.
  • literature: There are other texts in rabbinical literature with the same tradition 19.
  • court: The rabbinical court had ordered her husband to grant the divorce, but he still refused.
  • school: My Education After my " Bar Mitzvah " I was sent to a higher rabbinical school with the sole purpose of becoming a rabbi.
  • writing: The Old Testament and the rabbis as well in the rabbinical writings distinguish two stages in marriage, in Hebrew marriage.

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