VividLex

Home / Dictionary / Karaites

Karaites

1 sense · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

1. n. a Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century Source: wordnet

Thesaurus links

Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.

From the definitions

sect arose authority century denies divinely eighth hebrew inspired Iraq jewish legislation postbiblical recognizes scriptures source talmud tradition

Word family

karaism karaite

Nearby in the alphabet

kapuka kapustinite kaput kaputski

Open full thesaurus page for Karaites · Language as a Lens

Explore more

Thesaurus hub Word of the day Dictionary guide Learn POS

Search dictionary Related words Home