Karaism

noun

Kara·ism | \ ˈker-ə-ˌi-zəm

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, ˈka-rə-\

Definition of Karaism

: a Jewish doctrine originating in Baghdad in the eighth century that rejects rabbinism and talmudism and bases its tenets on Scripture alone

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The first known use of Karaism was circa 1883

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