Sentence:  This was the interpretation put upon the text, by the Talmudical Rabbies and the Scribes, which last are stated by Chief Justice Vaughan to have been of more authority in the Hebrew Commonwealth than the <WSD>Karait</WSD> Rabbies, who adopted a different interpretation; ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (Karaite) (adherent of Karaism)