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chasidim (root: chasid)
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Noun chasidim has 1 sense
- chasidim(n = noun.group) 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; Array is a kind of jewish orthodoxy, orthodox judaism
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