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Webster 1913 Edition


Karaite

Ka′ra-ite

,
Noun.
[Heb.
qārā
to read.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
A sect of Jews who adhere closely to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting the oral law, and allowing the Talmud no binding authority; – opposed to the
Rabbinists
.