RABBINIC Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

rabbinic

adjective

variants or rabbinical

Definition of rabbinic

as in priestly

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of rabbinic Crystal said he was involved in the Jewish community while attending the University of Maryland, which led him to enter rabbinic school nearly 50 years ago. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2026 While Novak was in rabbinical school, her daughter Batsheva Chaya Stadlan died by suicide in 2017. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 Paltrow is the daughter of the late director and producer Bruce Paltrow, who was Jewish and descended from a rabbinical dynasty, and her husband is Jewish. — Kelly Hartog, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026 After years of legal battles, Orthodox Jewish women in Israel can now take the official rabbinic exams. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for rabbinic

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbinic

Adjective

The Illinois native returned to his priestly roots with his last TV appearance as Father Tobias on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives.

— Rachel Flynn, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
Parsi priesthood is hereditary, meaning all the boys here have been born into priestly families.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 21 June 2026

Definition of priestly

Adjective

While Brazil and Saudi Arabia engaged via ministerial levels through Foreign Ministers Mauro Vieira and Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the scope of the forum expanded dramatically during the partner and outreach dialogues.

— Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Wong on Tuesday announced in the parliament that ministerial salaries will be adjusted upwards, having remained unchanged for 15 years.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of ministerial

Adjective

Raxa had stepped up his crab fishing in the days before the accident to afford an evangelical trip to his home country of Laos.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Walter Moorhead Delaware State Police An evangelical church in Georgetown, Delaware, where Soto lived, shared an obituary for her after her death.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of evangelical

Adjective

The South Side team even had a theme night in August dedicated to the Pope, where fans at Rate Field were given replica papal-style hats featuring the Sox logo in a game against the Cincinnati Reds.

— Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
Its evolution and that of the surrounding estate have been determined by border disputes between papal states and grand duchies, by World Wars, and, in the second half of the 20th century, by brute economics, industrialization, and urbanization.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of papal

Adjective

On June 2, 1979, Pope John Paul II set out from Rome on an apostolic journey, as papal trips away from the Vatican are called.

— Paul Elie, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church directed his remarks to university students at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, during an 11-day apostolic journey in Africa.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of apostolic

Adjective

After returning to the United States, Novakovic attended an Episcopal boarding school in San Antonio, Texas.

— byRachel Cole, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 May 2026
On New Year’s Eve in 1996, Christou followed Deadbeat with a club at a former Episcopal church that was built in 1865.

— Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2026

Definition of episcopal

Adjective

In the early years of Mormonism, polygamy was understood to reinstate the patriarchal and polygamous cultural norms of the Hebrew patriarchs, as depicted in the Hebrew Bible.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
That’s not to make excuses, but to put in context, what is also a sputtering, screwball-y film about masculine roles in a waning patriarchal society.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of patriarchal

Browse Nearby Words

rabbi

rabbinic

rabbis

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Rabbinic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbinic. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of rabbinic

adjective

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

argot

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Popular in Wordplay

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Why do we 'bury the lede?'

Popular

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

Games & Quizzes