he is a scholar of authority
1AUTHORITY, 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… …
2authority — [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* …
3authority — 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; …
4authority — 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… …
5authority — 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 …
6scholar — 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 …
7scholar — 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,… …
8scholar — 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,… …
9authority — 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 …
10scholar — 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,… …