Judaism
    n 1: Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the
         Torah and the Talmud [syn: Judaism, Hebraism, Jewish
         religion]
    2: the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual
       and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in
       the Talmud

Judaism \Ju"da*ism\, prop. n. [L. Juda["i]smus: cf. F.
   juda["i]sme.]
   1. The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews as enjoined
      in the laws of Moses, and for many adherents, in the
      Talmud. --J. S. Mill.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Conformity to the Jewish rites and ceremonies; the
      practise of Judaism[1].
      [1913 Webster]

   3. The adherents of Judaism[1] collectively; jewry.
      [PJC]