Karaite
/ˈkeərəaɪt/noun
- a member of a Jewish sect founded in the 8th century and located chiefly in the Crimea and nearby areas, and in Israel, which rejects rabbinical interpretation in favour of a literal interpretation of the scriptures圣经派信徒（圣经派创建于公元8世纪, 其信徒主要分布在克里米亚及附近地区和以色列的一个犹太教教派成员, 不接受犹太法学博士阐释的教义, 只赞同对《圣经》作字面理解）。
词源
early 18th cent.: from Hebrew Qārā'īm 'Scripturalists' （from qār' 'read'） +-ITE1.