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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Origin and Etymology of karaism
Late Hebrew qĕrāīm Karaites, from Hebrew qārā to read
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First Known Use: circa 1883
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