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Webster 1913 Edition
Rabbi
Rab′bi
(răr′bī or răr′bĭ; 277)
, Noun.
pl.
Rabbis
(răr′bīz or răr′bĭz)
or Rabbies
. [L., fr. Gr.
ῥαββί
, Heb. rabī
my master, from rab
master, lord, teacher, akin to Ar. rabb
.] Master; lord; teacher; – a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law.
“The gravest rabbies.” Milton.
Be not ye called
Rabbi
, for one is your Master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren. Matt. xxiii. 8.