Judaist

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːˌdeɪ.ɪst/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːdeɪ.ɪst/, /ˈd͡ʒuːdi.ɪst/

Noun

Judaist (plural Judaists)

  1. (Judaism, uncommon) One who believes and practices Judaism.
    Synonym: Jew
    Antonyms: gentile, goy
    Hypernyms: Abrahamist, Judeo-Christian, monotheist
    Hyponyms: halakhist, Orthodox Jew, rabbi
    • 2000, Jacob Neusner, chapter 1, in The Blackwell Companion to Judaism, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 5:
      All Judaists — those who practice the religion, Judaism — are Jews, but not all Jews are Judaists.

Usage notes

  • Sometimes used instead of Jew to distinguish between secular and religious Jews.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Judaist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /judaˈɪst/
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Noun

Judaist m (weak, genitive Judaisten, plural Judaisten, feminine Judaistin)

  1. A specialist in Jewish studies. (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

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