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or rabbinical
as in priestly
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Recent Examples of rabbinic
The ark described in the Torah, which housed the Ten Commandments tablets among other holy objects, was hidden after the destruction of the First Temple, per rabbinic tradition.
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Alex Traiman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
Many of the million or so new arrivals had never kept kosher or been circumcised, and roughly a quarter of those weren’t considered Jews by Israel’s rabbinic establishment, usually because their mothers, like Zoya’s, weren’t Jewish.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Two paintings, for example, lampoon the rabbinic authorities who enforce religious law.
—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
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Alex Traiman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
Many of the million or so new arrivals had never kept kosher or been circumcised, and roughly a quarter of those weren’t considered Jews by Israel’s rabbinic establishment, usually because their mothers, like Zoya’s, weren’t Jewish.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Two paintings, for example, lampoon the rabbinic authorities who enforce religious law.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rabbinic
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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
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Internal Revenue Service Math and Taxpayer Help Act Feenstra also introduced the IRS Math and Taxpayer Help Act, which requires the IRS to change certain notices involving math or clerical errors.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Economically, Iran's clerical leadership has presided over deepening stagnation during its four-and-a-half decades in power.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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This joint ministerial decision was designed to lend legitimacy to the process established under the EU-Turkey deal, but was mired in logistical and legal challenges.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Their efforts were undermined by regular flux at ministerial level, with the UK having had four prime ministers in as many years.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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Catholic bishops, evangelical pastors, and interfaith coalitions are urging the administration to abandon any return to such practices, calling them morally indefensible and antithetical to American values.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Huckabee repeatedly used evangelical Christian language at the hearing to explain his strong support for Israel and its right-wing government.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Because an employee is not eligible for unemployment benefits if he was fired for misconduct, a state doesn’t want to have to consult papal doctrine, for example, to determine if a priest was legitimately terminated.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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His discharge comes after 38 days of medical ups and downs that raised the prospect of a papal resignation or funeral.—
Danielle Wallace,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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What People Are Saying Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, led Wednesday night's gathering, urging the faithful to pray for the pope's swift return to his apostolic mission.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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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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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
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The story focuses on a young Montessori played by Jasmine Trinca who, despite living in a highly patriarchal society, has broken through the glass ceiling to establish a special needs educational institution in Rome.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Is fashion a means for patriarchal control and to enforce gender roles or a means of self-expression?—
Leah Bourne,
Glamour,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Rabbinic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rabbinic. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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