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or rabbinical
as in priestly
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Recent Examples of rabbinic
His death was confirmed to The Guardian Australia by Rabbi Yehoram Ulman, a senior member of Sydney Beth Din, a rabbinic court.
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Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 15 Dec. 2025
Their opponents respond with articles about Hanukkah’s history as a rabbinic holiday and how it has been reinterpreted since the start of the Zionist movement.
—Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
When the consolidation was announced in 2022, the college faced a record $8.8 million deficit and rabbinic student enrollment had dropped by 37% over the previous 15 years.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
In the standard post-Talmudic rabbinic interpretation, this was a natural animosity, a jealous resentment born of God’s decision to choose the Jews for his covenant.
—Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 15 Dec. 2025
Their opponents respond with articles about Hanukkah’s history as a rabbinic holiday and how it has been reinterpreted since the start of the Zionist movement.
—Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
When the consolidation was announced in 2022, the college faced a record $8.8 million deficit and rabbinic student enrollment had dropped by 37% over the previous 15 years.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
In the standard post-Talmudic rabbinic interpretation, this was a natural animosity, a jealous resentment born of God’s decision to choose the Jews for his covenant.
—Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbinic
Adjective
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That religious significance helps explain the presence of so many priestly and temple-related inscriptions among the fragments.—
Ryan Brennan
April 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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The massive priestly blessing for Passover, which usually draws tens of thousands, will take place with just 50 worshippers, Rabinowitz said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Experts are split on the subject, but Alfoneh argued the key differences will be a greater stress on Iranian nationalism and less concern with the puritanical social policies of the clerical government.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
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Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr will replace Ali Larijani, whose death in Israeli strikes last week was a major blow to the ruling clerical regime.—
Charlene Gubash,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Other heritage suites are less intimidatingly ministerial.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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Shah, who is the RSP’s prime ministerial candidate, won the 2022 Kathmandu mayoral race.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Like many young people in evangelical communities today, my shame was formed early.—
Donna Lamb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Staffers and media members became familiar with the guard’s insistence on steering conversations back toward his evangelical Christian beliefs, even if those answers did not relate to the topic at hand.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The new pope revived traditions including greeting worshipers in 10 languages and carrying the cross on Good Friday, signaling departures from recent papal practice.—
Colleen Barry,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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In 16th-century Italy, Roman merchants reportedly partnered with cardinals’ papal conclave attendants to wager on who would be named the new pope.—
Kelli María Korducki,
thehustle.co,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Kast and his wife are part of Schoenstatt, a Catholic apostolic movement devoted to the Virgin Mary.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Like his apostolic namesake, Thomas believes unquestioningly in the evidence of his senses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This year there was the addition of a new episcopal area for Burundi and Rwanda and the appointment of nine new bishops, a reversal of the trend among U.S. bishops.—
Liam Adams,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Oct. 2025
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Haller Suites & Restaurant offers a dining experience with panoramic views over the episcopal town.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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But Mormonism is a high-demand, patriarchal religion, and the church’s obsession with Godly worthiness has only made the fixation on beauty flourish.—
Elizabeth Gulino,
Allure,
26 Mar. 2026
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Bearden, the patriarchal Salomon, who still runs the family’s piano business at eighty-something years old, sits at the piano.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Rabbinic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbinic. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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