Karaism

noun

Kara·​ism ˈker-ə-ˌi-zəm 

ˈka-rə-

: a Jewish doctrine originating in Baghdad in the eighth century that rejects rabbinism and talmudism and bases its tenets on Scripture alone

Karaite

ˈker-ə-ˌīt 

ˈka-rə-

noun

Word History

Etymology

Late Hebrew qĕrāīm Karaites, from Hebrew qārā to read

First Known Use

circa 1883, in the meaning defined above