Karaites (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 14
def a Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud
def the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century
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Hypernym sect, religious sect, religious order
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Hyponym sect, religious sect, religious order

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