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CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Conservative Judaism mean?
• CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM (noun)
The noun CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM has 2 senses:
1. Jews who keep some of the requirements of the Mosaic law but allow for adaptation of other requirements (as some of the dietary laws) to fit modern circumstances
2. beliefs and practices of Conservative Jews
Familiarity information: CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Jews who keep some of the requirements of the Mosaic law but allow for adaptation of other requirements (as some of the dietary laws) to fit modern circumstances
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Conservative Judaism" is a kind of...):
Hebraism; Jewish religion; Judaism (Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud)
Meronyms (members of "Conservative Judaism"):
Conservative Jew (Jew who keeps some requirements of Mosaic law but adapts others to suit modern circumstances)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Beliefs and practices of Conservative Jews
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Conservative Judaism" is a kind of...):
Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)
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