rabban

[ rab-uhn, ruh-bahn; Sephardic Hebrew, Ashkenazic Hebrew rah-bahn ]

/ ˈræb ən, rəˈbɑn; Sephardic Hebrew, Ashkenazic Hebrew rɑˈbɑn /

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noun, plural rab·ba·nim

[ruh-bah-nim, rah-buh-neem; Sephardic Hebrew rah-bah-neem; Ashkenazic Hebrew rah-buh-nim, rah-baw-nim]. /rəˈbɑ nɪm, ˌrɑ bəˈnim; Sephardic Hebrew rɑ bɑˈnim; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˌrɑ bəˈnɪm, rɑˈbɔ nɪm/. Judaism.

master; teacher (used as a term of address and title of respect for a person ranking higher than a rabbi).

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Origin of rabban

<Hebrew rabbān<Aramaic

Words nearby rabban

rabal, rabat, rabato, Rabaul, Rabbah, rabban, Rabbath Ammon, rabbet, rabbet joint, rabbet plane, rabbi

How to use rabban in a sentence

Rabban Gamaliel, however, endeavored to place himself above party, as the leader should.
A Thousand Years of Jewish History|Maurice H. (Maurice Henry) Harris
As bishop, Mar Shimun is of course a rabban also, and as such eats no meat.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
Rabban Ephrem was a handsome young monk, a refugee from Nisibis when that city was ceded to Persia.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
So Rabban Ephrem settled down at Urfa, probably in one of the rock-cut cells in the hill fronting the castle.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram

He was the first to whose name was prefixed the title Rabban (Master, Teacher).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4|Various