Word.ws English Dictionary

Qaraitism

Qaraitism 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 Qaraitism

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

Words near Qaraitism in the dictionary

  1. Qara Khitais
  2. Qarai
  3. Qaraism
  4. Qaraite
  5. Qaraites
  6. Qaraitism
  7. QARANC
  8. Qaraqalpaq
  9. Qaraqalpaqs
  10. Qaraqash
  11. Qaraqorum

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Qaraitism (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Qaraitism.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/qaraitism. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.