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rabbi

rab.bi \'rab-.i-\ n [LL, fr. Gk rhabbi, fr. Heb rabbi- my master, fr. rabh 
   mas]ter + -i- my 1: MASTER, TEACHER - used by Jews as a term of address  
   2a: a Jew qualified to expound and apply the halakah and other Jewish law  
   often cap  2b: one of the scholars who developed the Talmudic basis of 
   orthodox Judais m during the first centuries of the Christian era 3: a Jew 
   trained and ordained for professional religious leadership; spe cif : the 
   official leader of a Jewish congregation