rabbinate

[ rab-uh-nit, -neyt ]

noun

1. the office or term of office of a rabbi.
2. a group of rabbis: rabbi:

   the Orthodox rabbinate.

rabbinate

/ ˈræbɪnɪt /

noun

1. the position, function, or tenure of office of a rabbi
2. rabbis collectively

Word History and Origins

Origin of rabbinate¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; rabbin + -ate ³

Example Sentences

Margalit said he would sue the council and report the issue to the Israeli rabbinate.

From The Daily Beast

Toaff attributes this shift to the growing influence of the Israeli rabbinate.

From The Daily Beast

Right now there are 400,000 Israelis, who cannot marry in Israel because they do not meet the Rabbinate's requirements.

From The Daily Beast

In response to the Israeli Rabbinate's monopoly on marriage in Israel, the author suggests an act of civil disobedience.

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The rabbinate, which is a government-paid body, has a monopoly over family life.

From The Daily Beast

In this way the rabbinate succeeded in deceiving the Sabbatians.

From Project Gutenberg

The rabbinate had placed itself in the pillory, and undermined its own authority.

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Ibn-Jau next made preparations to recall his favorite, Ibn-Abitur, and to invest him with the dignity of the rabbinate.

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As long as the Jewish minister of Alhakem lived, Chanoch's right to the rabbinate remained unchallenged.

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He momentarily thought of entering the rabbinate, but he was unsuited to that career.

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