Definitions for Judaism

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Judaism Ju·da·ism

Spelling: [joo-dee-iz-uh m, -dey-, -duh-]

IPA: /ˈdʒu diˌɪz əm, -deɪ-, -də-/

Judaism is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in Judaism (adijmsu).

Definitions for Judaism

noun

1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the Talmud. Compare Conservative Jew, Orthodox Jew, Reform Jew.
2. belief in and conformity to this religion, its practices, and ceremonies.
3. this religion considered as forming the basis of the cultural and social identity of the Jews:
4. Jews collectively; Jewry.

Origin of Judaism

1485-95; Late Latin jūdaismus Greek ioudaismós, equivalent to Ioudaî(os) Jew + -ismos -ism