rabbinic

adjective

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Definition of rabbinicnext
as in priestly

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Recent Examples of rabbinic The institutions where women can learn Talmud and rabbinic law span the Orthodox landscape. — Michal Raucher, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026 Some rabbinic readings attribute Lot’s hesitation to leave Sodom to his immoral greed and inordinate wealth. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026 After years of legal battles, Orthodox Jewish women in Israel can now take the official rabbinic exams. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 May 2026 Paltrow is the daughter of the late director and producer Bruce Paltrow, who was Jewish and descended from a rabbinical dynasty, and her husband is Jewish. — Kelly Hartog, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for rabbinic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbinic
  1. priestly
  2. clerical
  3. ministerial
  4. evangelical
  5. papal
  6. apostolic
  7. episcopal
  8. patriarchal
Adjective
  • Parsi priesthood is hereditary, meaning all the boys here have been born into priestly families.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • Before heading to seminary and taking up the priestly collar, Borba enjoyed red carpets and professional acclaim for his business acumen.
    — David Begnaud, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Definition of priestly
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  • Support for the clerical leadership is paper thin, analysts say, and the new Supreme Leader, Khamenei's son Mojtaba Khamenei, has not been seen in any new image since being wounded in the strike that killed his father.
    — Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Until then, the new law provides for the superintendent to have several deputies and a skeleton clerical staff.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of clerical
Adjective
  • Yet the latest prime ministerial switch raises a fundamental question not just for Britain’s political future, but for that of other major European countries such as France and Germany.
    — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2026
  • Under the agreement, at least four ministerial posts will change hands, but major strategies are expected to remain the same.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
Definition of ministerial
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  • Still, their ambitions are quite idealistic, even verging on evangelical.
    — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
  • For example, today, Americans might believe that the demands of racial equity or of evangelical Christianity are so pressing that executive power would be justified in ignoring the legislature or the judiciary to serve them.
    — Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of evangelical
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  • The last few weeks have shown his governing style and a remarkable run of papal decision-making where Leo has set the agenda, rather than merely fulfill the appointments set by his predecessor.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • Some attendees, though, expressed more trepidation about the consecration of new bishops without papal approval.
    — Noah LaBelle, NPR, 2 July 2026
Definition of papal
Adjective
  • On June 2, 1979, Pope John Paul II set out from Rome on an apostolic journey, as papal trips away from the Vatican are called.
    — Paul Elie, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • The leader of the Roman Catholic Church directed his remarks to university students at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, during an 11-day apostolic journey in Africa.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of apostolic
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  • After returning to the United States, Novakovic attended an Episcopal boarding school in San Antonio, Texas.
    — byRachel Cole, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 May 2026
  • On New Year’s Eve in 1996, Christou followed Deadbeat with a club at a former Episcopal church that was built in 1865.
    — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of episcopal
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  • The debut novel from this English professor and pioneering feminist follows Mira, a suburban homemaker who chafes against patriarchal society, divorces her husband, enrolls in graduate school, and becomes an outspoken advocate for women’s rights.
    — Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 25 June 2026
  • And, of course, in the literature of the West, the Iliad and the Odyssey unfurl the proud banner of patriarchal order.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Definition of patriarchal

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