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Karaite
[ kar-uh-ahyt ]
noun
- a member of a sect, founded in Persia in the 8th century a.d. by the religious leader Anan ben David, that rejected the Talmud and the teachings of the rabbis in favor of strict adherence to the Bible as the only source of Jewish law and practice.
Karaite
/ ˈkɛərəˌaɪt /
noun
- a member of a Jewish sect originating in the 8th century ad , which rejected the Talmud, favoured strict adherence to and a literal interpretation of the Bible, and attempted to deduce a code of life from it
adjective
- of, relating to, or designating the Karaite sect
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Other Words From
- Kar·a·ism [kar, -, uh, -iz-, uh, m], Kar·a·it·ism [kar, -, uh, -ahy-tiz-, uh, m], noun
- Kar·a·it·ic [kar-, uh, -, it, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Karaite1
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Example Sentences
Less famously, the synagogue of the Karaite sect in Abbasiyya was also restored under her tenure.
I mean the Mohammedan schools and sects, and the Karaite discussions which were closely modelled after them.
Aaron ben Elijah agrees in the main with his Karaite predecessors that Job was not punished for any fault he had committed.
They had no idea of scientific research, would have condemned it, in fact, as a leaning to Karaite doctrine.
Ben-Yerucham was not the only Karaite who sought to defend the sect against Saadiah's attacks.
If the Karaite authors expected to silence Saadiah by means of abuse192 they were mistaken.
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