JEWISH RELIGION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jewish religion mean? 

• JEWISH RELIGION (noun)
  The noun JEWISH RELIGION has 1 sense:

1. Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud

  Familiarity information: JEWISH RELIGION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JEWISH RELIGION (noun)

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Meaning:

Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Hebraism; Jewish religion; Judaism

Hypernyms ("Jewish religion" is a kind of...):

faith; organized religion; religion (an institution to express belief in a divine power)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Jewish religion"):

Jewish Orthodoxy; Orthodox Judaism (Jews who strictly observe the Mosaic law as interpreted in the Talmud)

Conservative Judaism (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)

Reform Judaism (the most liberal Jews; Jews who do not follow the Talmud strictly but try to adapt all of the historical forms of Judaism to the modern world)

Holonyms ("Jewish religion" is a part of...):

Jewry (Jews collectively)