rabbi

IPA: rˈæbaɪ

A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
A Jew who is or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.
(law enforcement, slang) A senior officer who acts as a mentor.
The title of a rabbi (a Jewish scholar or teacher); used before or instead of the rabbi's name.

Examples of "rabbi" in Sentences

It is sort of a generic term, sort of like the term rabbi means teacher.
Mr. Hier, a rabbi, is the founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and its Museum of Tolerance.
But he sent word through an assistant at the synagogue that the title rabbi was no longer on the table.
At the prayer conference, warm applause greeted Hurwitz's announcement that she might be getting the title rabbi "but with a slightly distinct sound."
In the first story, while the rabbi is away on his own journey, his cat takes a trip with Malka of the Lions, who some believe to be the pious Jew, others a disliked womanizer.
But, he also got responses such as this, from an Orthodox colleague, A gay Orthodox rabbi is an absurdity as inconceivable as an Orthodox rabbi who eats cheeseburgers on Yom Kippur.