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Rab⋅bin⋅ic

  [ruh-bin-ik]
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–noun
the Hebrew language as used by rabbis in post-Biblical times.
Origin:
1605–15; < ML rabbīn(us) of a rabbi 1 + -ic
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rab⋅bin⋅i⋅cal

  [ruh-bin-i-kuhl]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to rabbis or their learning, writings, etc.
2. for the rabbinate: a rabbinical school.
Also, rab⋅bin⋅ic.

Origin:
1615–25; < ML rabbīn(us) of a rabbi 1 + -ical
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rab·bin·i·cal   (rə-bĭn'ĭ-kəl)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or characteristic of rabbis.

[From obsolete rabbin, rabbi, from French, from Old French rabain, probably from Aramaic rabbīn, pl. of rab, master; see rabbi.]
rab·bin'i·cal·ly adv.
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