Răb'bi, n.

(răb'bī, or -bī) (Synop., § 130), n.; pl. RĂB'BĪS, or RĂB'BĪES. [Gr. ῥαββί, Heb. rabī, my master, from rab, master, lord, teacher, Ar. rabb, Fr. rabbin.] Master; lord; sir;—a Jewish title of respect or honor, belonging to a teacher or doctor of the law.

Be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ, and all ye are brethren. Matt. xxiii. 8.

Among the gravest rabbies, disputant On points and questions fitting Moses' law. Milton.