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Rabbinist

[rab-uh-nahyt]

Rab·bin·ite

[rab-uh-nahyt]
noun Judaism.
a proponent of the Talmud and the teachings and traditions of the rabbis in the face of rejection by the Karaites.
Also, Rab·bin·ist [rab-uh-nist] .
Compare Karaite.


Origin:
1825–35; rabbin + -ite1

rab·bin·it·ic [rab-uh-nit-ik] , rab·bin·is·tic, rab·bin·is·ti·cal, adjective
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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rabbinism (ˈræbɪˌnɪzəm)
 
n
the teachings and traditions of the rabbis of the Talmudic period
 
'rabbinist
 
n, —adj
 
rabbi'nistic
 
adj

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