Definition of Haredi

1. Noun. Any of several sects of Orthodox Judaism that reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.

Group relationships: Jewish Orthodoxy, Orthodox Judaism
Generic synonyms: Religious Order, Religious Sect, Sect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haredi

Hardenbergia
Hardenbergia comnptoniana
Harderian gland
Harding
Hardon
Hardy
Hardy-Rand-Ritter test
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Hardy-Weinberg law
Hardyan
Hardyesque
Hare Krishna
Hare Krishnas
Haredi (current term)
Harezm
Hargeisa
Hargreaves
Hari
Harijan
Haripur
Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami
Harkat-ul-Mujahidin
Harkat ul-Ansar
Harkat ul-Mujahedeen
Harki
Harkis
Harlan Fiske Stone
Harlean Carpenter

Literary usage of Haredi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws, Foreign and Domestic by Joseph Story, Melville Madison Bigelow (1883)
"... or pro portione haredi. taria.' 489 6. Rights of Creditors. — Many cases of this sort have been discussed by foreign jurists, and decided by foreign ..."

2. For the Land and the Lord: Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel by Ian Lustick (1988)
"But although Haredi representatives may wield substantial bargaining power on issues of ... Accordingly, despite Haredi beliefs that they, or their rabbis, ..."

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