rabban

[ rab-uh n, ruh-bahn; Sephardic Hebrew, Ashkenazic Hebrew rah-bahn ]

/ ˈræb ən, rəˈbɑn; Sephardic Hebrew, Ashkenazic Hebrew rɑˈbɑn /

master; teacher (used as a term of address and title of respect for a person ranking higher than a rabbi).

Origin of rabban

< Hebrew rabbān < Aramaic

Rab was an inferior title and Rabban a superior one to Rabbi.

Jesus the Christ |James Edward Talmage
As bishop, Mar Shimun is of course a rabban also, and as such eats no meat.

The Cradle of Mankind |W.A. Wigram
We passed the night in the miserable village of Rabban Audishio.

Discoveries among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon |Austen H. Layard
Rabban Ephrem was a handsome young monk, a refugee from Nisibis when that city was ceded to Persia.

The Cradle of Mankind |W.A. Wigram

So Rabban Ephrem settled down at Urfa, probably in one of the rock-cut cells in the hill fronting the castle.

The Cradle of Mankind |W.A. Wigram