rabbi

«rabbi» in Mova's school dictionary: a Jewish religious leader and teacher who leads a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a rabbi, rabbis)

meaning for a pupil

A rabbi is a Jewish religious leader and teacher who leads a community, explains the Jewish holy books and leads services in a synagogue. tree →

sense in the lessons

In religious education: a rabbi teaches the Torah, leads prayers on the Sabbath and helps at weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs and funerals. Many visit schools to explain Jewish festivals such as Passover and Hanukkah. Phrases: the rabbi of the synagogue, ask the rabbi, the chief rabbi.

examples

• The rabbi read from the Torah. tree →
• Our class visited a synagogue and met the rabbi. tree →
• The rabbi explained what happens at Passover. tree →
• She wants to become a rabbi when she grows up. tree →
• The rabbi helped the family when their grandfather died. tree →
• Rabbis are teachers as well as leaders. tree →
• I pointed out an early instance of this, quoted by a Rabbi of the second century, in my Fables of Aesop, i. 105. tree →

note

Plural: rabbis. Spelled with double b and ending in -i. Jewish places of worship are synagogues; Christian leaders are priests, ministers or vicars; Muslim prayer leaders are imams — do not mix them up.

In the corpora

• The synagogue is the Jewish place of prayer and study, and a rabbi is a teacher and leader.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rabbi» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.