variants
or less commonly Chasid
or Chassid
plural Hasidim also Chasidim or Chassidim
ˈha-sə-dəm
ḵä-ˈsē-
1
: a member of a Jewish sect of the second century b.c. opposed to Hellenism and devoted to the strict observance of the ritual law
2
or less commonly Hassid
ˈha-səd
: a member of a Jewish mystical sect founded in Poland about 1750 in opposition to rationalism and ritual laxity
ˈḵä-
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