rabban

[ rab-uhn, ruh-bahn; Sephardic Hebrew, Ashkenazic Hebrew rah-bahn ]

noun

, Judaism.

, plural rab·ba·nim [r, uh, -, bah, -nim, rah-b, uh, -, neem, r, ah-bah-, neem, r, ah-b, uh, -, nim, r, ah-, baw, -nim].

1. master; teacher (used as a term of address and title of respect for a person ranking higher than a rabbi).

Word History and Origins

Origin of rabban¹

< Hebrew rabbān < Aramaic

Example Sentences

Rabban Gamaliel, however, endeavored to place himself above party, as the leader should.

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As bishop, Mar Shimun is of course a rabban also, and as such eats no meat.

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Rabban Ephrem was a handsome young monk, a refugee from Nisibis when that city was ceded to Persia.

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So Rabban Ephrem settled down at Urfa, probably in one of the rock-cut cells in the hill fronting the castle.

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He was the first to whose name was prefixed the title Rabban (Master, Teacher).

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