rabbicaladj.
/ˈrabᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈræbək(ə)l/ rare before mid 20th cent.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabbi.
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rabbinical1619
rabbinish1652
rabbinic1654
rabbical1716
tannaitic1905
tannaite1919
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 395 He is willing also to be contented with some bare Rabical Preferment amongst the Elementary Baptists.
1754 J. Clarke tr. H. Grotius Truth Christian Relig. (ed. 5) v. 260 (note) The Rabbies rather call it Metatron..concerning which see John Buxtorf's Chaldee and Rabbical Lexicon.
1950 Olean (N.Y.) Times Herald 25 May 2/7 Rabbi Riback is a graduate of the seminary, which is one of America's outstanding centers of Jewish learning, and its largest rabbical training center.
1961 Van Nuys (Calif.) News 1 Jan. 14 a Dr. Gerald Larue of USC will teach Biblical history next February at the rabbical seminary.
1988 Guardian (Nexis) 11 Mar. Often in his paintings a bearded, hatted, rabbical figure appeared, in a boat on open seas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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