HAREDI (haredim)

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Irregular inflected form: haredim   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Haredi mean? 

• HAREDI (noun)
  The noun HAREDI has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HAREDI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAREDI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Haredi" is a kind of...):

religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)

Holonyms ("Haredi" is a member of...):

Jewish Orthodoxy; Orthodox Judaism (Jews who strictly observe the Mosaic law as interpreted in the Talmud)