R.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "r"
English
Proper noun
R.
- Abbreviation of Regina (“the queen”).
- Coordinate term: I.
- Abbreviation of Rex (“the king”).
- Coordinate term: I.
- Abbreviation of Rabbi.
- 2010 January 7, Ephraim Shoham-Steiner, “Jews and Healing at Medieval Saints’ Shrines: Participation, Polemics, and Shared Cultures*”, in Harvard Theological Review[2], volume 103, number 01, , page 122:
- The quotation is from what seems to be an interfaith discussion between the second-century C.E. Palestinian sage, Rabbi Akiba, and a man identified by his Greek name, Zenon.²⁸ Zenon asks R. Akiba how he explains the fact that individuals seeking the healing power of idols (probably referring to pagan shrines like the aforementioned Aesculapios) are actually healed. R. Akiba answers with a parable, which is quoted in thirteenth-century Jewish polemical literature.²⁹
- 2019 September 10, Rachel Timoner, “Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz”, in Tikkun:
- Next, R. Moskowitz brings us to the Slonimer Rebbe, a late 20th century Hasidic rabbi, who taught that the evil of Esav was that very sense of completion, the self-perception that he had no need for growth or further transformation.
Latin
Proper noun
R.
- alternative form of R
Noun
R.
- alternative form of R
Adjective
R.
- alternative form of R
Portuguese
Noun
R. f
- abbreviation of rua (“street”) (used in street names).
- R. Augusta ― Augusta St.