Karaite
əˌaɪt noun Judaism.
a member of a sect, founded in Persia in the 8th century a.d. by the religious leader Anan ben David, that rejected the Talmud and the teachings of the rabbis in favor of strict adherence to the Bible as the only source of Jewish law and practice.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a member of a Jewish sect originating in the 8th century |
| —adj | |
| 2. | of, relating to, or designating the Karaite sect |
| [C18: from Hebrew qāraīm members of the sect, scripturalists, from qārā to read] | |
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