Judaism
/ˈdʒuːdeɪɪz(ə)m
/noun [mass noun]
1The monotheistic religion of the Jews.In Judaism, Shabbat represents our opportunity to enjoy all the classes of pleasure in one day....
- It was a bit strange that the very person who was bringing them closer to Judaism wasn't Jewish.
- For me, it is a statement to myself and to others of my commitment to Judaism and the Jewish people.
1.1The Jews collectively.
For its origins Judaism looks to the biblical covenant made by God with Abraham, and to the laws revealed to Moses and recorded in the Torah (supplemented by the rabbinical Talmud), which established the Jewish people’s special relationship with God. Since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in ad 70, the rituals of Judaism have centred on the home and the synagogue, the chief day of worship being the Sabbath (sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday), and the annual observances including Yom Kippur and Passover.
Derivatives
Judaist
- There are radical and fundamentalist elements among Christians, Hindus, Judaists and Buddhists too.
- Not many of the books on religion I read are written by Judaists.
Origin
From late Latin Judaismus, from Greek Ioudaïsmos, from Ioudaios (see Jew).