rabbinate
noun/ˈɹæbənət/
Etymology From rabbin- + -ate.
1
The office or function of a rabbi.
- Adam [...] thought the call to the rabbinate should be entirely pure, a discussion a man has with God.2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 201:
2
A body of rabbis.
- The Rabbinate now uses computers to keep lists of women without proper religious divorces (a get) and children born to women without them (mamzerim) -- who are without status under Jewish law.1989 April 8, Jon David Aloisi-Nalley, “Israeli Legislator Addresses NYC Gay Synagogue”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
3
Rabbis collectively.