כַּתְּ, c. (כָּתַת) band, party, class. Pes. V, 7 כת ראשונה the first division. Ib. של כ׳ שלישית those of the third division; a. v. fr.—Kel. XXV, 4 של כת קודמין הוא וכ׳ this belongs to the class of things of which you cannot tell which was first; may be the one-quart measure is the lower side of the half-quart measure (Maim.; for oth. explan., v. comment.); [ed. Dehr. של בת, Ar. שלחת, Var. שלבת, Mus. שלכב, Bart. שלות].—Pl. כִּתִּים, כִּתִּין, כִּתּוֹת, כִּי׳. Y. Taan. II, 65ᵈ top ארבע כ׳ נעשו וכ׳ our ancestors at the Red Sea were divided into four parties (opinions); Mekh. B’shall. s. 2. Gen. R. s. 8 נעשו מה"ש כ׳ כ׳ the ministering angels formed parties (of divided opinions concerning the creation of man). Shebu. 47ᵇ; B. Bath. 31ᵇ שתי כִּיתֵּי עדים two sets of witnesses. Lev. R. s. 9 כ׳ כ׳ של ליסטים bands of (captured) robbers (rebels). Midr. Till. to Ps. XI, 7; Yalk. ib. 656 שבע כ׳ הן וכ׳ there are seven classes of people who will (after death) be admitted into the presence of the Ever-living. Ib. אלו שבע כ׳ של צדיקים these are the seven classes of righteous men. Sabb. 104ᵃ (v. א"ל) ט"ר י"ש כ"ת טר יש לי כ׳ כ׳ וכ׳ wait, I have many classes of gentiles &c.; a. fr.