Rabbet joint (Carp.), a joint formed by fitting together rabbeted
boards or timbers; -- called also rabbet. -- Rabbet plane, a joiner's
plane for cutting a rabbet. Moxon.
Rab"bi (rb"b or -b; 277), n.; pl. Rabbis (-bz or -bz) or Rabbies. [L.,
fr. Gr. "rabbi`, Heb. rab 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.
Be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ, and
all ye are brethren.
Matt. xxiii. 8.
Rab"bin (rb"bn), n. [F.] Same as Rabbi.
{ Rab*bin"ic (rb*bn"k), Rab*bin"ic*al (-*kal), } a. [Cf. F.
rabbinique.] Of or pertaining to the rabbins or rabbis, or pertaining
to the opinions, learning, or language of the rabbins. "Comments staler
than rabbinic." Lowell.
We will not buy your rabbinical fumes.
Milton.
Rab*bin"ic (rb*bn"k), n. The language or dialect of the rabbins; the
later Hebrew.
Rab*bin"ic*al*ly, adv. In a rabbinical manner; after the manner of the
rabbins.
Rab"bin*ism (rb"bn*z'm), n. [Cf. F. rabbinisme.] 1. A rabbinic
expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the language of the
rabbins.