KARAISM

Meaning of KARAISM in English

[Kara.ism] n [LHeb qeraim Karaites, fr. Heb qara to read] (ca. 1883): a Jewish doctrine originating in Baghdad in the 8th century that rejects rabbinism and talmudism and bases its tenets on Scripture alone -- Kara.ite n

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KARAISM — noun Etymology: Late Hebrew qĕrāīm Karaites, from Hebrew qārā to read Date: circa 1883 a Jewish doctrine originating in Baghdad …
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KARAISM — or Qaraism Jewish religious movement that denied the authenticity of the oral law and defended the Hebrew Bible as the …
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KARAISM — ˈka(a)rəˌizəm noun or kara·it·ism -rəˌīd.ˌizəm ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: karaism from kara- (from Late Hebrew qĕrāīm Karaites, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KARAISM — (n.) Doctrines of the Karaites.
Английский словарь Webster
KARAISM — ( n. ) Doctrines of the Karaites.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KARAISM — n. principles of the ancient Jewish Karaite sect, belief that the written Torah is the only source of Jewish law
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KARAISM — noun Etymology: Late Hebrew qĕrāīm Karaites, from Hebrew qārā to read Date: circa 1883 : a Jewish doctrine originating in …
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KARAISM — noun doctrines of the karaites.
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KARAISM — also spelled Karaitism, or Qaraism (from Hebrew qara, to read), a Jewish religious movement that repudiated oral tradition as a …
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KARAISM — n. or Qaraism Jewish religious movement that denied the authenticity of the oral law and defended the Hebrew Bible as …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
KARAISM — n. Pronunciation: ' ker- ə - ˌ i-z ə m, ' ka-r ə - Function: noun Etymology: Late Hebrew q …
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KARAITE — noun see: Karaism
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KARAITISM — noun see karaism
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KARAITE — -rəˌīt noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: kara- (from Latin Hebrew qĕrāīm Karaites) + -ite 1. : an …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANANISM — ˈanəˌnizəm, əˈnäˌn- noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Anan ben David, 8th century Jewish religious leader in Persia …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KARAITE — — Karaism /kar"euh iz'euhm/ , Karaitism /kar"euh uy tiz'euhm/ , n. — Karaitic /kar'euh it"ik/ , adj. /kar"euh uyt'/ , …
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KARAITE — see Karaism
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ANAN BEN DAVID — flourished 8th century Persian Jew, founder of the Ananites, a heretical and antirabbinical order from which the still-existing Karaite sect …
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AARON BEN ELIJAH — born 1328/30, Nicomedia, Ottoman Empire [modern Izmit, Turkey] died 1369 theologian of Constantinople (now Istanbul), the only scholar to seek …
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RELIGION — n. 25B6; noun FAITH, belief, worship, creed; sect, cult, church, denomination. See list. Religions and Sects Baha'i Karaism Babism Messianic …
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