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zaddik (tsä′dik)

noun pl. zaddikim zad·dik′im (tsä dē′kim)

  1. Judaism a righteous and just man
  2. the spiritual leader of a Hasidic community

Etymology: Heb tsadik < adj., righteous and just < root cdq, to be right

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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