rabbinical Definition
rab·bini·cal (-i kəl)
adjective
- of the rabbis, their doctrines, learning, language, etc., esp. in the early Middle Ages
- of or for the rabbinate
Etymology: < ML rabbinus + -ical
rabbinical Related Forms
rab·bin′i·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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