Judaist

From Juda(ism) +‎ -ist.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːˌdeɪ.ɪst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːdeɪ.ɪst/, /ˈd͡ʒuːdi.ɪst/

Judaist (plural Judaists)

1. (Judaism, uncommon) One who believes and practices Judaism.

   Synonym: Jew

   Antonyms: gentile, goy

   Hypernyms: Abrahamist, Judeo-Christian, monotheist

   Hyponyms: halakhist, Orthodox Jew, rabbi

   • 2000, Jacob Neusner, chapter 1, in The Blackwell Companion to Judaism‎^[1], Blackwell Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 5:

     All Judaists — those who practice the religion, Judaism — are Jews, but not all Jews are Judaists.

• Sometimes used to refer to a religious Jew, thus more specific than Jew, which refers also to a secular Jew.

• “Judaist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /judaˈɪst/

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Judaist m (weak, genitive Judaisten, plural Judaisten, feminine Judaistin)

1. A specialist in Jewish studies. (male or of unspecified gender)