| NOUN | group | Karaites | a Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud |
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| Meaning | A Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century. | |
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| Broader | sect, religious sect, religious order | A subdivision of a larger / larger / larger / larger religious group |
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