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