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lubavitcher

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Lu⋅ba⋅vitch⋅er

  [loo-buh-vich-er, loo-bah-vi-cher]
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–noun
1. a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the Lubavitchers or their movement.
Origin:
< Yiddish lubavitsher, equiv. to Lubavitsh (< Byelorussian Lyubavichi) a town which was the center of the movement, 1813–1915 + -er -er 1
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Lu·ba·vitch·er   (lŏŏ-bä'vĭ-chər, lōō'bə-vĭch'ər)   
n.  A member of a Hasidic community founded in Russia in the late 18th century that stresses the importance of religious study.

[Yiddish Libavitsher, from Libavitsh, Jewish town in Russia where the movement originated.]
Lu·ba'vitch·er adj.
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