n.
Pronunciation: ' ker- ə - ˌ i-z ə m, ' ka-r ə -
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Hebrew q ĕ r ā ī m Karaites, from Hebrew q ā r ā to read
Date: circa 1883
: a Jewish doctrine originating in Baghdad in the eighth century that rejects rabbinism and talmudism and bases its tenets on Scripture alone
– Kara · ite \ - ˌ ī t \ noun