rabbinate

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Etymology

From rabbin- +‎ -ate.

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Noun

rabbinate (countable and uncountable, plural rabbinates)

  1. The office or function of a rabbi.
    • 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 201:
      Adam [...] thought the call to the rabbinate should be entirely pure, a discussion a man has with God.
  2. A body of rabbis.
    • 1989 April 8, Jon David Aloisi-Nalley, “Israeli Legislator Addresses NYC Gay Synagogue”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
      The Rabbinate now uses computers to keep lists of women without proper religious divorces (a get) and children born to women without them (mamzerim) -- who are without status under Jewish law.
  3. Rabbis collectively.

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