rabbinate

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)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.”

2. (countable, uncountable)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.”

3. (countable, uncountable)Rabbis collectively.