Definition of Rabbin:

part of speech: noun

A chief; a doctor; a master; a title assumed by the Jewish learned men.

Usage examples:

• The following passage, concerning fat geese, is perfectly in the style of these rabbins:-" A rabbin once saw in a desert a flock of geese so fat that their feathers fell off, and the rivers flowed in fat. Isaac D'Israeli in "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)".

• When a rabbin was asked the reason of so much nonsense, he replied that the ancients had a custom of introducing music in their lectures, which accompaniment made them more agreeable; but that not having musical instruments in the schools, the rabbins invented these strange stories to arouse attention. Isaac D'Israeli in "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)".

• Such is the account of honest David Levi; it is the creed of every rabbin Isaac D'Israeli in "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)".

• 3; which this means, one rabbin says, his walking- staff; and another insists was his ragged coat. Isaac D'Israeli in "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)".