rabbinate

rabbin- +‎ -ate

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæbɪnət/

rabbinate (countable and uncountable, plural rabbinates)

1. The office or function of a rabbi.
   • 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 201:

     Adam [...] thought the call to the rabbinate should be entirely pure, a discussion a man has with God.

2. A body of rabbis.
   • 1989 April 8, Jon David Aloisi-Nalley, “Israeli Legislator Addresses NYC Gay Synagogue”, in Gay Community News, page 7:

     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.

3. Rabbis collectively.

• Barnabite