Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RAB'BI, or RAB'BIN
RAB'BET-PLANERAB-BIN'IC, or RAB-BIN'IC-AL
RAB'BI, or RAB'BIN, n. [Ch. רבא, Ar. رَبً, lord, master.]
A title assumed by the Jewish doctors, signifying master or lord. This title is not conferred by authority, but assumed or allowed by courtesy to learned men. – Encyc.
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