Commandment Keeper

noun

: one of a black Jewish religious sect of the Harlem section of New York City that practices orthodox Judaism and teaches that blacks are true Hebrews whose ancestry is traceable back through the kings of Ethiopia to King Solomon

called also Black Jew

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“Commandment Keeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Commandment%20Keeper. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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