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Conservative Judaism
(Conservative Juda|ism)
noun
[
mass noun
]
a form of Judaism, particularly prevalent in North America, which seeks to preserve Jewish tradition and ritual but has a more flexible approach to the interpretation of the law than Orthodox Judaism.
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