† rabbinshipn.
Obsolete. rare.
The office or position of rabbi. Also with possessive adjective: a mock title of respect given to a rabbi.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > law > Jewish law > Talmudic scholar, rabbi > [noun] > office of
rabbinship1599
rabbiship1655
rabbinate1702
society > faith > aspects of faith > law > Jewish law > Talmudic scholar, rabbi > [noun] > personality of
rabbinship1599
1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered ix. 29 How knoweth your Rabbinship that he is no Grecian?
1820 Mather's Magnalia Christi (new ed.) II. iv. ii. 37 The Jewish rule, about the rabbinate, love the work, but hate the rabbinship [1702 rabbiship].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
n.1599