ultraorthodox
Rigidly devout believer
Ultraorthodox describes the most strictly observant branches of a religion, particularly Judaism.
Ultraorthodox Jewish communities maintain rigorous adherence to religious law, traditional dress, and separation from secular society: an ultraorthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn.
The term can apply to any faith's most conservative factions but risks oversimplifying diverse traditions.
Also spelled ultra-orthodox.
Of fervent Jewish pietism
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- yeshivaJewish religious study institution
- kosherPermissible by Jewish law
Shabbat · rabbis · rebbe · mitzvot · halacha · minyan · synagogue · modesty
Complete separation from others
- separatismAdvocacy for political breakaway
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- endogamyMarriage within one's group
- parochialismExcessive local focus
close-mindedness · sectarianism · enclave · community · insular · cloistered · inward-looking
Deep, loyal commitment
- observanceKeeping of customs
- prayerAddress to deity
- faithTrust without proof
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
fasting · reverence · holiness · worship · sanctity · spirituality · purity · humility
State of being unbending
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- literalismExact meaning only
- stringencySeverity of requirements
- adherenceFaithful following of something
observance · conformity · discipline · austerity · uncompromising · tradition · rules · prohibition
Hasidic
Of fervent Jewish pietism
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- yeshivaJewish religious study institution
kosher · Shabbat · rabbis · rebbe · mitzvot · halacha · minyan · synagogue · modesty · separation
isolation
Complete separation from others
- separatismAdvocacy for political breakaway
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- endogamyMarriage within one's group
parochialism · close-mindedness · sectarianism · enclave · community · insular · cloistered · inward-looking
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
- observanceKeeping of customs
- prayerAddress to deity
- faithTrust without proof
ritual · fasting · reverence · holiness · worship · sanctity · spirituality · purity · humility · asceticism
rigidity
State of being unbending
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- literalismExact meaning only
- stringencySeverity of requirements
adherence · observance · conformity · discipline · austerity · uncompromising · tradition · rules · prohibition · restriction
- ultra-ultraviolet, ultrasound, ultramarine, ultrafast, ultrahigh
ultraorthodoxsecular
Nonreligious, worldly
nonobservant · Reform · lapsed · irreligious · nonreligious
ultraorthodoxmodernist
Advocate of experimental forms
progressive · reformist · avant-garde · iconoclastic · assimilationist
ultraorthodoxReform
Modernizing institutional movement
Conservative · Modern Orthodox · unaffiliated · assimilated · nonobservant