rabbi

noun

Definition of rabbinext
as in teacher

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Recent Examples of rabbi The son of an Orthodox rabbi, Agam was born Yaacov Gipstein in Rishon LeZion, Palestine (now Israel), in 1928. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 22 June 2026 Lazowski was the rabbi at Beth Hillel Synagogue in Bloomfield for many years before retiring, then was rabbi emeritus at Beth Hillel and at The Emanuel Synagogue in West Hartford. — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2026 Earlier this year, Lion moved into an adjacent home, and the rabbi said that tensions began to rise. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 But his candidate statement twists scripture to cast Jewish people as treacherous and contains antisemitic tropes, a rabbi with the conservative synagogue Mosaic Law Congregation told The Bee. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for rabbi
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbi
  1. teacher
  2. thinker
  3. intellectual
  4. yogi
  5. intellect
  6. sage
  7. guru
  8. wizard
Noun
  • This constant immersion means that when students enter their live sessions with a human teacher, they are often already primed with the confidence to speak.
    — Matthew Kayser July 14, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Arredondo is charged with 10 counts of endangering students for allegedly failing to quickly respond to the May 24, 2022, shooting, in which 19 students and two teachers were killed.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of teacher
Noun
  • Classical thinkers used it to describe the capacity to feel a powerful impulse and choose not to act on it.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Tradition of separation The idea of separate spheres of spiritual and secular functions and authority was advanced by religious and secular thinkers to benefit both religion and the state.
    — Steven K. Green, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of thinker
Noun
  • Most of the leading liberal intellectuals of the day—Lionel Trilling, George Orwell, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, the columnist James Wechsler, and above all Reinhold Niebuhr—did too.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • Joel Halldorf is Professor of Church History and a public intellectual in Scandinavia, with regular contributions to leading newspapers and cultural journals in Sweden and Norway.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of intellectual
Noun
  • Mental health practitioners, alternative health providers, massage therapists, Reiki practitioners and a yogi can all be accessed at the wellness tent.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
  • The journey into the gap between stimulus and reaction isn’t about achieving a state of perfect, yogi-like calm.
    — Patrick Murphy, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Definition of yogi
Noun
  • His ebullience, keen intellect and warmth jump off the pages.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Recognizing her extraordinary intellect, the Wheatley family educated her, and by age 20 her poetry had earned publication in London.
    — Robin Follman, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
Definition of intellect
Noun
  • Drape them with Gorgonzola, sage and walnuts, or mascarpone and, again, walnuts.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 9 July 2026
  • This blueberry pie discards traditional warm spices by swapping them for fresh, bright flavors like honey, sage, and lime zest for a brighter version.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 9 July 2026
Definition of sage
Noun
  • His guru, Ramakrishna, was a 19th-century mystic and spiritual teacher in Bengal whose teachings on the unity underlying all religions shaped the worldview Vivekananda would go on to spread globally.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 July 2026
  • After her longtime hair guru found love with White Lotus star Gage, Kardashian appeared more than happy to officiate the pair's black-and-white nuptials, which also included a performance from Shania Twain.
    — Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Definition of guru
Noun
  • Their quest pits them against wizards, monsters, dragons, and a sinister conspiracy in a lighthearted fantasy adventure inspired by the tabletop RPG.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • The books about the life of a young wizard were adapted into a movie series that debuted in 2001 with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Definition of wizard

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