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Definition of Karaite

Karaite
Karaite Ka"ra*ite, n. [Heb. q[=a]r[=a] to read.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of Jews who adhere closely to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting the oral law, and allowing the Talmud no binding authority; -- opposed to the Rabbinists.

Meaning of Karaite from wikipedia

- The Crimean Karaites or simply Karaites (Crimean Karaim: Кърымкъарайлар, Qrımqaraylar, singular къарай, qaray; Trakai dialect: karajlar, singular karaj;...
- Look up Karaite or Karaim in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Karaite or Qaraite may refer to: Karaite Judaism, a Jewish religious movement that rejects...
- alone as its supreme authority in halakha (religious law) and theology. Karaites believe that all of the divine commandments which were handed down to Moses...
- part of a Karaite community, but also those Jews who held Karaite or proto-Karaite views. The ****ociation of each individual with Karaite Judaism must...
- Russian Karaite may refer to: Karaite Subbotniks, also described as Russian Karaites, adherents of Karaite Judaism Crimean Karaites, adherents of Karaite Judaism...
- 18th century. The majority of Subbotniks were converts to Rabbinic or Karaite Judaism from Christianity. Other groups included Judaizing Christians and...
- Turkish: قرايلر) is a plural form of Qaray, etc. It may refer to: Crimean Karaites, known in Crimean Tatar language as Qaraylar Qaraylar, Iran, a village...
- to Yiddish or Judaeo-Spanish. It is spoken by only a few dozen Crimean Karaites (Qrimqaraylar) in Lithuania, Poland, Crimea, and Galicia in Ukraine. The...
- The Constantinopolitan Karaites or Greco-Karaites are a Karaite community with a specific historical development and a distinct cultural, linguistic, and...
- alternatively Kerait, or Kereyit, in some earlier texts also as Karait or Karaites. One common theory sees the name as a cognate with the Mongolian [хар/khar]...