Definition of Converso

1. Noun. (medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion.

Generic synonyms: Convert
Specialized synonyms: Marrano

Definition of Converso

1. Noun. (history) A Jew in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Converso

1. a Jew who converted to Christianity [n -SOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Converso

conversion disorder
conversion disorders
conversion electron
conversion factor
conversion hysteria
conversion hysteria neurosis
conversion neurosis
conversion rate
conversion reaction
conversion therapies
conversional
conversions
conversive
conversive heat
converso
conversos
convert
convertaplane
convertaplanes
convertase
convertases
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convertee
convertees
convertend
convertends
converter
converters
convertest

Literary usage of Converso

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Historical Society (1842)
"... quod ei pridem fecerat ; et rex e converso cepit in manu sua omina jura comitis Britanni« in Anglia, et honores ad ilium spec- tantes. ..."

2. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1842)
"... quod ei pridem fecerat ; et rex e converso cepit in manu sua omnia jura comitis Britanniae in Anglia, et honores ad illum spec- tantes. ..."

3. A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American by Henry Campbell Black (1910)
"... a major! ad minus negative non valet; valet e converso. Ал argument from the greater to the less is of no force negatively ; affirmatively it is. Jenk. ..."

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