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Posted By richards on January 14, 2016

Dictionary entry overview: What does Hasidic mean?

HASIDIC (adjective) The adjective HASIDIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices

Familiarity information: HASIDIC used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

HASIDIC (adjective)

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Chasidic; Chassidic; Hasidic; Hassidic

Pertainym:

Hasidim (a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly)

Hasidism (beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews)

"Everyone wants to go to heaven but no-one wants to die." (English proverb) "If they don't exchange a few words, father and son will never know one another." (Bhutanese proverb) "Measure seven times, cut once." (Armenian proverb) "Haste and speed are rarely good" (Dutch proverb)

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HASIDIC - AudioEnglish.org

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