רַבָּנוּת, (v. רַבָּן) leadership, authority, office; superiority. Ab. I, 10 אהוב … ושנא את הר׳ love a trade, and hate office. Pes. 87ᵇ אוי לה לר׳ וכ׳ woe to the (royal) authority, for it buries its holders, as there is not one prophet that did not outlive four kings. Num. R. s. 14⁴ (play on כדרבנות, Koh. XII, 11) כִּדְרַ׳ … שתהא הר׳ וכ׳ (the words of the wise are) like those of an authority; when Jacob decreed that the leadership should be Ephraim’s (Gen. XLVIII, 19), the Lord confirmed his word. Sot. 13ᵇ, a. fr. הנהיג עצמו בר׳, v. נָהַג; a. e.