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Karaitism

Karaitism is the alternative form of Karaism.

Meaning of Karaism

Proper noun

Karaism

  1. A Jewish movement that recognises only the Tanakh as a supreme legal authority, distinct from Rabbinic Judaism.

Questions about Karaitism

What is Karaitism the alternative form of?
Karaitism is the alternative form of Karaism.

Words near Karaitism in the dictionary

  1. karait
  2. Karaite
  3. Karaites
  4. Karaitic
  5. Karaitica
  6. Karaitism
  7. karaits
  8. Karaj
  9. karajishi
  10. Karajá
  11. Karak

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Karaitism (page history and authors); Karaism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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