KARAISM


Meaning of KARAISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈker-ə-ˌi-zəm, ˈka-rə- ]

noun

Etymology: Late Hebrew qĕrāīm Karaites, from Hebrew qārā 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 -ˌīt noun

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