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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

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

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