ORTHODOX JUDAISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Orthodox Judaism mean? 

• ORTHODOX JUDAISM (noun)
  The noun ORTHODOX JUDAISM has 2 senses:

1. Jews who strictly observe the Mosaic law as interpreted in the Talmud

2. beliefs and practices of a Judaic sect that strictly observes Mosaic law

  Familiarity information: ORTHODOX JUDAISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORTHODOX JUDAISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Jews who strictly observe the Mosaic law as interpreted in the Talmud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Jewish Orthodoxy; Orthodox Judaism

Hypernyms ("Orthodox 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 "Orthodox Judaism"):

Haredi (any of several sects of Orthodox Judaism that reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel)

Orthodox Jew (Jew who practices strict observance of Mosaic law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Orthodox Judaism"):

Chasidim; Chassidim; Hasidim; Hasidism; Hassidim (a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Beliefs and practices of a Judaic sect that strictly observes Mosaic law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Orthodox 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Orthodox Judaism"):

Chasidism; Chassidism; Hasidism; Hassidism (beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews)