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or rabbinical
as in priestly
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Recent Examples of rabbinic
Two paintings, for example, lampoon the rabbinic authorities who enforce religious law.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
When the consolidation was announced in 2022, the college faced a record $8.8 million deficit and rabbinic student enrollment had dropped by 37% over the previous 15 years.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 June 2024
At every grill along the road, there was pork along with beef, chicken, and lamb: defying rabbinic law seemed another sign of such Israelis’ wondrous temerity.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
In fact, the Zionist pioneers, the precursors of Israel’s liberals, were secular modernizers who were appalled by the rabbinic strictures that alienated Jews in Eastern European cities.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
When the consolidation was announced in 2022, the college faced a record $8.8 million deficit and rabbinic student enrollment had dropped by 37% over the previous 15 years.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 June 2024
At every grill along the road, there was pork along with beef, chicken, and lamb: defying rabbinic law seemed another sign of such Israelis’ wondrous temerity.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
In fact, the Zionist pioneers, the precursors of Israel’s liberals, were secular modernizers who were appalled by the rabbinic strictures that alienated Jews in Eastern European cities.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbinic
Adjective
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The southern tradition is rooted partly in a century-old revolt against the privileges granted to Brahmans, the priestly caste that sits at the top of Hinduism’s ancient social hierarchy.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2025
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Francis has long made prison ministry an important part of his priestly vocation and has made several visits to Rebibbia since becoming pope in 2013 while also including prison visits in many of his foreign trips.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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His mayoral campaign at the time blamed it on clerical errors and small campaign staff.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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The posting lists several requirements – recordkeeping, clerical support to the mayor and aldermen, proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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On October 28, 2024, the Spanish Ministry of Finance published a ministerial order specifying the technical requirements for these billing systems.—
Aleksandra Bal,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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Its brand is now recognizable across the country from bicycle stands in cities to ministerial meetings.—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
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Some suggested on social media that the way Trump handled his swearing-in, so to speak, was a slap in the face to evangelical Christians who have so staunchly supported Trump.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
20 Jan. 2025
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He was followed by a bar joke’s worth of benedictions—from a rabbi, a Catholic priest, and a Black evangelical pastor.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2025
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In fact, he's asked the master of ceremonies to radically simplify the traditional liturgy for a papal funeral.—
Daniel Burke,
NPR,
14 Jan. 2025
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Adapted from Robert Harris' novel about the papal conclave, the film imagines a series of twists in the modern-day Vatican City.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In 2018, on her 110th birthday, Lucas, who is also the oldest living nun in the world, was honored with an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis, per Guinness World Records.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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Pope Francis's stop in East Timor is part of his ongoing apostolic journey across four countries between Sept. 2 and Sept. 13.—
Timothy H.J. Nerozzi Fox News,
Fox News,
10 Sep. 2024
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The lime-green Met Gala look, May 2018 Photography Shutterstock Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for 2018’s Met Gala, themed Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination.—
Julia Hobbs,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2024
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Congregations have been disaffiliating by vote in individual episcopal area conferences, and more than 4,000 congregations have already disaffiliated under the law, including 71 previously in Kentucky.—
Caleb Wiegandt,
The Courier-Journal,
5 June 2023
Adjective
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Across his four-feature filmography, Eggers’s female characters can be selfish and inscrutable, but that is almost always in reaction to unsympathetic, patriarchal societies.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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This makes Celtic Britain appear more egalitarian compared to the patriarchal Roman world.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Rabbinic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbinic. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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