English Dictionary: Karaite | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Karaite \Ka"ra*ite\, n. [Heb. q[be]r[be] 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}. |