hasidism   (TTS Sound)

The noun hasidism has 2 senses

• 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)


• Hasidism, Hassidism, Chasidism, Chassidism -- (beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews)