rabbinic

From rabbi +‎ -n- +‎ -ic.

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈbɪnɪk/, /ˌɹæˈbɪnɪk/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɪnɪk

rabbinic (not comparable)

1. Relating to rabbis.

   Synonym: rabbinical

   Yoni was hired as the shul's cantor, but he has a very rabbinic attitude.

2. Formulated or enacted by rabbis.

   Even though some modern Jews are less interested in rabbinic enactments than the traditions that have explicit roots in Biblical law, most still practice customs that would not exist without rabbinic innovation.

   • 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency‎^[1]:

     The book significantly extends on Rosenstein’s monumental 1990 work, “The Unbroken Chain,” which focused on the genealogies of the major Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasties from medieval times to the present.