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单词 rebbetzin
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Definition of rebbetzin in English:

rebbetzin

(also rebbitzin)
noun ˈrɛbɪtsɪnˈrebət-
Judaism
  • 1The wife of a rabbi.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our rebbetzin (rabbi's wife) knew that both of us were single.
    • One long-married rebbetzin suggested making a list of all the reasons you married him and keep it handy.
    • Only the rebbetzin still comes, she knits beside her husband's bed; wife and husband do not always, Kreutzer knows, need words.
    • We telephoned our rabbi and rebbetzin back home in Eugene, Oregon.
  • 2A female religious teacher.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Elana Rosenblatt, a 28-year-old Aish rebbetzin in London, recently passed away from cancer.
    • The Ruchama Project is also dedicated to the memory of Elana Rosenblatt, a 28-year-old mother of four and an Aish rebbetzin in London, on August 8, 2001.
    • That's okay, I though you had to be a lot older and grayer and at least have a few grandchildren to be a real rebbetzin anyway!
    • As soon as I got home, I telephoned my rebbetzin.

Origin

Yiddish, feminine of rebbe (see rebbe).

 
 

Definition of rebbetzin in US English:

rebbetzin

(also rebbitzin)
nounˈrebət-
Judaism
  • 1The wife of a rabbi.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only the rebbetzin still comes, she knits beside her husband's bed; wife and husband do not always, Kreutzer knows, need words.
    • One long-married rebbetzin suggested making a list of all the reasons you married him and keep it handy.
    • Our rebbetzin (rabbi's wife) knew that both of us were single.
    • We telephoned our rabbi and rebbetzin back home in Eugene, Oregon.
    1. 1.1 A female religious teacher.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • That's okay, I though you had to be a lot older and grayer and at least have a few grandchildren to be a real rebbetzin anyway!
      • As soon as I got home, I telephoned my rebbetzin.
      • Elana Rosenblatt, a 28-year-old Aish rebbetzin in London, recently passed away from cancer.
      • The Ruchama Project is also dedicated to the memory of Elana Rosenblatt, a 28-year-old mother of four and an Aish rebbetzin in London, on August 8, 2001.

Origin

Yiddish, feminine of rebbe (see rebbe).

 
 
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