rabbinate /ˈɹæbənət/ noun3 •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 •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 •Rabbis collectively. formsrabbinates