zaddik

or tzad·dik

[ Sephardic Hebrew tsah-deek; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English tsah-dik ]

/ Sephardic Hebrew tsɑˈdik; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English ˈtsɑ dɪk /

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noun, plural zad·di·kim

[Sephardic Hebrew tsah-dee-keem; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English tsah-dee-kim, -dik-im]. /Sephardic Hebrew tsɑ diˈkim; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English tsɑˈdi kɪm, -ˈdɪk ɪm/. Hebrew.

a person of outstanding virtue and piety.

the leader of a Hasidic group.

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Origin of zaddik

ṣaddīg, literally, “righteous”

Words nearby zaddik

Zachariah, Zacharias, Zachary, Zacynthus, Zadar, zaddik, zaddy, Zadkine, Zadok, zaffer, zafirlukast

How to use zaddik in a sentence

Maimonides knew Joseph ibn Zaddik favorably, but he was not familiar with the "Microcosm."
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
Reward and punishment of the real kind, Ibn Zaddik thinks, are not in this world but in the next.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
In his discussion of the attributes Ibn Zaddik offers little if anything that is new.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
We must now review briefly the practical part of Ibn Zaddik's philosophy as it is found in the fourth part of the "Microcosm."
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik

Saadia and Ibn Zaddik show clearly that they did not understand the precise meaning of the definition.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik