רַבָּן ², chief; teacher. Targ. I Chr. XI, 11. Ib. 21 (h. text שר). Targ. Ps. LXXVIII, 15 רבנהון Ms. (ed. רבהון); a. e.—Y. Ter. VIII, 46ᵃ זמון חד ר׳ וכ׳ invited a certain teacher and placed a dog beside him. Y. B. Mets. II, end, 8ᵈ חד ר׳ דמך וכ׳ a certain scholar is dead, and all the people are running &c.; a. e.—Esp. Rabbana, a Babylonian title. Keth. 22ᵃ ר׳ אשי. Yeb. 22ᵃ מר בריה דר׳ Mar, the son of R. (Ashshi). Pes. 115ᵇ ר׳ עוקבא; a. e.; [perh. = רַבֵּנוּ our teacher].—Pl. רַבָּנִין, רַבָּנָן. Targ. Ps. LXVIII, 28 (h. text שרי); a. e.—Y. Ter. VIII, 45ᶜ; Y. Maasr. V, 52ᵃ top, a. e. חברון דר׳, v. הֲנַנְיָא. Succ. 8ᵃ; Erub. 76ᵇ ר׳ דקיסרי the scholars of Cæsaræa; a. fr.—Esp. (corresp. to חכמים of the Mishnah, v. חָכָם) a number of scholars, as opposed to a single authority. Pes. 10ᵃ. Erub. 23ᵃ. Ber. 5ᵇ; a. v. fr.—דְּרַ׳, מִדְּרַ׳ rabbinical enactment, rabbinically ordained, opp. דאוריתא, מדאורייתא, v. אוֹרָיָיא. Succ. 44ᵃ. Pes. l. c.; a. v. fr.—[Midr. Till. to Ps. I כשני רבנן, v. כַּד II.—Y. Kidd. I, 61ᵇ bot. דרבנין, v. רוּבָּה II.]