[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rabbi \rab"bi\ ra^r"bimac or ra^r"bi^; 277, n.; pl.
   rabbis ra^r"bimacz or ra^r"bi^z or rabbies.
   l., fr. gr. "rabbi`, heb. rabimac my master, from rab
   master, lord, teacher, akin to ar. rabb.
   master; lord; teacher; -- a jewish title of respect or honor
   for a teacher or doctor of the law. "the gravest rabbies."
   --milton.
   1913 webster

         be not ye called rabbi, for one is your master, even
         christ, and all ye are brethren.         --matt. xxiii.
                                                  8.
   1913 webster
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