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Define the word Rabbinic

"Rabbinic" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Rabbinic \Rab*bin"ic\ (r[a^]b*b[i^]n"[i^]k), Rabbinical
\Rab*bin"ic*al\ (r[a^]b*b[i^]n"[i^]*kal), a. [Cf. F.
   rabbinique.]
   Of or pertaining to the rabbins or rabbis, or pertaining to
   the opinions, learning, or language of the rabbins. "Comments
   staler than rabbinic." --Lowell.
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         We will not buy your rabbinical fumes.   --Milton.
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"Rabbinic" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Rabbinic \Rab*bin"ic\ (r[a^]b*b[i^]n"[i^]k), n.
   The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew.
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"rabbinic" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

rabbinic
     adj : of or relating to rabbis or their teachings; "rabbinical
           school" [syn: rabbinical]

"rabbinic" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"

37 Moby Thesaurus words for "rabbinic":
   Gemaric, Mishnaic, Talmudic, abbatial, abbatical, academic,
   archiepiscopal, bookish, canonical, capitular, capitulary,
   churchly, clerical, devoted to studies, diligent, donnish,
   dryasdust, ecclesiastic, episcopal, episcopalian, evangelistic,
   mandarin, ministerial, owlish, pastoral, pedantic, prelatial,
   prelatic, priest-ridden, priestish, priestly, professorial,
   sacerdotal, scholarly, scholastic, studious, ultramontane