rabbiship
(ˈræbaɪ-, ˈræbɪʃɪp)
[f. rabbi + -ship.]
The office of rabbi.
| 1669 Penn No Cross Wks. 1782 II. 81 He came..to over⁓throw their rabbyship. 1702 C. Mather Magn. Chr. iv. ii. §8. 146 The Jewish Rule, about the Rabbinate, Love the Work, but Hate the Rabbiship [ed. 1852 rabbinship]. 1886 Daily News 23 Dec. 5/7 His two sons quarrelled for the Rabbi-ship. |