What does "khalsa" mean?

Baptized Sikhs, taken collectively.

Khalsa

Common synonyms include: khalsa panth, purified community, purity ideal, sacred community, sikh community, sikh order.

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Noun

1
Baptized Sikhs, taken collectively. plural, plural-only
2
the group of initiated Sikhs to which devout orthodox Sikhs are ritually admitted at puberty; founded by the tenth and last Guru in 1699 wordnet

Proper Noun

Borrowed from Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ (xālsā) / خالْصَہ (xālṣah), ultimately from Arabic خَالِص (ḵāliṣ, “pure”).