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1. (noun) Hasidim, Hassidim, Hasidism, Chasidim, Chassidim
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

2. (noun) Hasidism, Hassidism, Chasidism, Chassidism
beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews

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