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Noun: Karaites
  1. A Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century

Type of: religious order, religious sect, sect

Encyclopedia: Karaites

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Kapsiki
Kapsiki language
kapuka
kaput
Kara Kum
Kara Sea
karabiner
Karachi
karahi
Karaism
Karaites
Karakalpak
Karakalpak language
Karakoram
Karakoram Range
Karakorum Range
karakul
Karakum Desert
karaoke
karat
karate