1620s, earlier rabbinic (1610s); see Rabbi + -ical. The -n- is perhaps via rabbin "rabbi" (1520s), an alternative form, from French rabbin, from Medieval Latin rabbinus (also source of Italian rabbino, Spanish and Portuguese rabino), perhaps from a presumed Semitic plural in -n, or from Aramaic rabban "our teacher," "distinguishing title given to patriarchs and the presidents of the Sanhedrin since the time of Gamaliel the Elder" [Klein], from Aramaic plural of noun use of rabh "great."
双语例句
1. But the training of the rabbinical schools would have unfitted him for his work.
可是拉比学校的训练,反而会使他难以胜任自己的工作.
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2. Many are deterred from trying to convert by the rigours of the rabbinical courts.
