hassidism (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Hassidism*:
NOUN	cognition	Hassidism, Hasidism, Chasidism, Chassidism	beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews

English > *Hassidism*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews.
Synonyms	Hasidism, Chasidism, Chassidism
Narrower	Chabad, Chabad Hasidism	A form of Hasidism practiced by Lithuanian and Russian Jews under communist rule
Broader	Orthodox Judaism	beliefs and practices of a Judaic sect that strictly observes Mosaic law
Adjectives	Hassidic	of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices

HyperDic: hassidism