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Meaning of KARAITE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ka"ra*ite\, n. [Heb. q[=a]r[=a] 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}.
 
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