Definitions for Hasid

Hasid Ha·sid

Spelling: [hah-sid; Ashkenazic Hebrew khaw-sid; Hasid is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 64 anagrams from letters in Hasid (adhis).

Definitions for Hasid

noun

  1. a member of a sect founded in Poland in the 18th century by Baal Shem-Tov and characterized by its emphasis on mysticism, prayer, ritual strictness, religious zeal, and joy. Compare Mitnagged.
  2. an Assidean.

Origin of Hasid

From the Hebrew word ḥāsīd pious (person)

Examples for Hasid

He preached that the first duty of the Hasid consists in reverence for the Tzaddik.

Ecstasy in prayer and fantastic merriment on days of religious rejoicing, raised a Hasid to a hero among his kind.

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