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rabbinate

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rab⋅bin⋅ate

  [rab-uh-nit, -neyt]
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–noun
1. the office or term of office of a rabbi.
2. a group of rabbis: the Orthodox rabbinate.
Origin:
1695–1705; rabbin + -ate 3
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rab·bin·ate   (rāb'ə-nāt', -nĭt)   
n.  

  1. The office or function of a rabbi.

  2. Rabbis considered as a group.


[From obsolete rabbin, rabbi; see rabbinical.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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