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• a variation of Chassid.

Chasid

American  

[khah-sid, hah-, khaw-sid, khah-seed] / ˈxɑ sɪd, ˈhɑ-, ˈxɔ sɪd, xɑˈsid /

Or Chassid

noun

Judaism.

• Chasidim
  plural

1. Hasid.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Chasidism
  noun
• Chasidic
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Chasidim
  plural

Example Sentences

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Chasid Chasidim

Even now, in Poland, a pious Jew, or a Chasid, would on no account wear polished boots or a short coat, or neglect to wear a girdle.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

Caliph Chasid, of Bagdad, was resting comfortably on his divan one fine afternoon.

From The Green Fairy Book by Various

Chasid at once yielded to the prayer of the Vizier, and, as they at this moment perceived a ruin in the valley below, they flew thither.

From Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

Chasid yielded to the request of his officer, and perceiving a ruined building in the valley below, they flew down to it.

From What the Animals Do and Say by Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot

One fine afternoon, Chasid, Caliph of Bagdad, reclined on his divan.

From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm

The guttural letter in the middle naturally disappears in the Greek text, just as the Greek word “Assidean” represents the Hebrew Chasidim in the same history.

From Byeways in Palestine by Finn, James

The former Chasidim used to sit still one hour, and then pray for one hour, and then again sit still for one hour.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

Meckisch was a Chasid, which in the vernacular is a saint, but in the actual a member of the sect of the Chasidim whose centre is Galicia.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel