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chassidim (root: chassid)
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Noun chassidim has 1 sense
- chassidim(n = noun.group) chasidim, 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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