he is a scholar of authority

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• AUTHORITY, RABBINICAL — AUTHORITY, RABBINICAL, the authority of the halakhic scholars in maintaining the creativeness and development of Jewish law, by means of its legal sources. Development of the Law An important tenet of Judaism and a guiding principle of the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• authority — [n1] power, control ascendancy, authorization, beef*, charge, clout*, command, credit, domination, dominion, edge, esteem, force, goods*, government, guts*, influence, juice*, jump, jurisdiction, leg up*, license, mastery, might, might and main* …   New thesaurus

• authority — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. expert, pundit, know it all (inf.), maven (inf.). See skill, knowledge, authority. II Right to govern Nouns 1. (supremacy) authority, power, right, jurisdiction, title, prerogative; …   English dictionary for students

• authority —    The ability of governments and individuals to direct others and achieve their goals because the mass of people accept that it is their right to tell them what to do, rather than because of the power or force they have at their disposal. Power… …   Glossary of UK Government and Politics

• authority — Synonyms and related words: Admirable Crichton, acme, adept, administration, adviser, affidavit, aficionado, agency, agentship, amateur, amperage, announcer, annunciator, appurtenance, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, armipotence …   Moby Thesaurus

• scholar — noun 1) a leading biblical scholar Syn: academic, intellectual, learned person, man/woman of letters, mind, intellect, savant, polymath, highbrow, bluestocking; authority, expert; informal egghead 2) archaic the school had 28 scholars …   Thesaurus of popular words

• scholar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. savant, sage (see knowledge); bookworm; man of learning, letters, or education; pedant, pedagogue; student. See school, learning. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A pupil] Syn. student, schoolboy, schoolgirl,… …   English dictionary for students

• scholar — Synonyms and related words: academic, academician, aficionado, amateur, auditor, authority, autodidact, bookman, bookworm, brain, buff, classicist, clerk, colossus of knowledge, connoisseur, critic, dilettante, doctor, educatee, egghead, elder,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• authority — n 1. jurisdiction, dominion, domination, administration; sovereignty, dynasty, regency, prerogative, predominance, rule, reign, hegemony; control, sway, mastery, influence, guidance, leadership; authorization, permit, power, force, right, liberty …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• scholar — n 1. savant, man of letters, learned person, bookman, intellectual, highbrow, Inf. egghead, Inf. longhair, Inf. brain, Inf. walking encyclopedia; authority, expert, pundit, luminary; bibliophile, bibli ophilist, bookworm; professor, doctor,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• scholar — noun Syn: academic, intellectual, learned person, man/woman of letters, authority, expert; informal egghead; N.Amer.; informal pointy head …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary