ˌhaskəˈlä, häsˈkȯlə noun
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Usage: usually capitalized, often attributive
Etymology: New Hebrew haśkālāh, literally, intellect, enlightenment
: an intellectual enlightenment movement among Jews of eastern Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries that attempted to acquaint the masses with European and Hebrew languages and secular education and culture to supplement talmudic studies — see maskil