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 [khah-sid, hah-; Ashk. Heb. khaw-sid; Seph. Heb. khah-seed]  

Chas·sid

   [khah-sid, hah-; Ashk. Heb. khaw-sid; Seph. Heb. khah-seed]
noun, plural Chas·sid·im  [khah-sid-im, hah-; Ashk. Heb. khaw-see-dim; Seph. Heb. khah-see-deem] . Judaism.
Hasid.
Also, Chasid.

Related forms
Chas·sid·ic  [hah-sid-ik, huh-] , adjective
Chas·sid·ism, noun
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Chassid is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Chassid, Chasid, Hassid or Hasid (ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid)
 
—n , pl Chassidim, Chasidim, Hassidim, Hasidim
1.  a sect of Jewish mystics founded in Poland about 1750, characterized by religious zeal and a spirit of prayer, joy, and charity
2.  a Jewish sect of the 2nd century bc, formed to combat Hellenistic influences
 
Chasid, Chasid, Hassid or Hasid (ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪˌdiːm, -dɪm, xasɪˈdim)
 
—n
 
Hassid, Chasid, Hassid or Hasid (ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪˌdiːm, -dɪm, xasɪˈdim, ˈhæsɪˌdiːm, -dɪm, xasɪˈdim)
 
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Hasid, Chasid, Hassid or Hasid (ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪd, Hebrew xəˈsid, ˈhæsɪˌdiːm, -dɪm, xasɪˈdim, ˈhæsɪˌdiːm, -dɪm, xasɪˈdim, ˈhæsɪˌdiːm, -dɪm, xasɪˈdim)
 
—n
 
Chassidic, Chasid, Hassid or Hasid
 
—adj
 
Chasidic, Chasid, Hassid or Hasid
 
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Hassidic, Chasid, Hassid or Hasid
 
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Hasidic, Chasid, Hassid or Hasid
 
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'Chassidism, Chasid, Hassid or Hasid
 
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'Chasidism, Chasid, Hassid or Hasid
 
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'Hassidism, Chasid, Hassid or Hasid
 
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'Hasidism, Chasid, Hassid or Hasid
 
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