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Rabbinically

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rab·bin·i·cal  (r-bn-kl) also rab·bin·ic (-k)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of rabbis.

[From obsolete rabbin, rabbi, from French, from Old French rabain, probably from Aramaic rabbn, pl. of rab, master; see rabbi.]

rab·bini·cal·ly adv.


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