Ju ‧ da ‧ is ‧ m /ˈdʒuːdeɪ-ɪz ə m, ˈdʒuːdə- $ ˈdʒuːdə-, ˈdʒuːdi-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: Judaismus , from Greek Ioudaismos , from Ioudaios ; ⇨ ↑ Jew ]
the Jewish religion based on the sacred books known as the Hebrew Scriptures. These writings contain many of the books that are also in the Old Testament of the Christian ↑ Bible .
—Judaic /dʒuːˈdeɪ-ɪk/ adjective