Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
✡️ About Judaism 🧑‍🦱 A Jewish person 📜 Christian law advocate
Judaist

Judaist

8.2
A person who follows the Jewish religion
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒuːdeɪɪst/
translation icon : judío

Examples

  • I am always forced to pay attention to how Talmudic Judaists go about their business and how such a small number of people are so successful.

    Blog text (10)

  • Many Judaists gather to celebrate their traditions during the Passover festival.

  • As a practicing Judaist, he attends synagogue regularly and observes the Sabbath.

  • The teachings of the Judaist community emphasize the importance of charity and community service.

Synonyms

Jew
vsJudaist
123 2.4

A person who follows the religion Judaism or has Jewish ancestors

is defined by practicing, studying, or following the religion rather than birth

Surface Forms

Judaist singular
Judaists plural

Morphology

Judaist = Judaism (transparent) = Juda + ist

The suffix '-ist' commonly forms a person associated with or practicing a belief; combined with 'Judaism' this yields 'a person who practices or follows Judaism', which is predictable.

Etymology

Judaist comes from the place name Judea and is from the same root as Jew and Judaism, so it originally meant 'a person from Judea'. Today a Judaist usually means someone who follows, studies, or practices Judaism.