rebbe
(ˈrɛbə)
Also with capital initial.
[Yiddish, f. Heb. rabbī rabbi n.]
A rabbi; spec. a Chasidic religious leader.
| 1881 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 681/2 The Zaddikim (or ‘righteous’) and Rebbés, as their leaders are called, live in magnificence upon the contributions of the most ignorant of the people. 1882 [see chedar]. 1965 J. A. Michener Source (1966) 45 Two others prayed in loud voices on a line of their own, while the old rebbe, incredibly ancient, Cullinane thought, mumbled prayers that no one else could have heard. 1967 N.Y. Times 22 Mar. 29 (Advt.), The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi..Schneerson, has issued his annual call to world Jewry to observe the Purim festival. 1978 I. B. Singer Shosha xiv. 243 To me..you are my rebbe. Your every word is filled with wisdom and love of God as well. |