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Definition of Marranos
1. marrano [n] - See also: marrano
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marranos
Literary usage of Marranos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Jews in America: From the Period of the Discovery of the New by Peter Wiernik (1912)
"Marranos IN THE PORTUGUESE COLONIES. Less persecution in Portugal itself and aiso
in its colonies—Marranos buy right to emigrate—They dare to profess ..."
2. The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and in the New by Roger Bigelow Merriman (1918)
"... the only sure way to escape death was to submit to compulsory baptism.4 Thus
emerged the class of so-called Marranos or Converses — converted Jews, ..."
3. The Messiah Idea in Jewish History by Julius Hillel Greenstone (1906)
"... declares himself a Forerunner of the Messiah—Hope of the Marranos aroused—David
... Marranos ..."
4. History of the Jews by Heinrich Graetz, Philipp Bloch (1898)
"Marranos forbidden to leave Portugal. Molcho burnt by Emperor Charles V at Mantua.
Clement VII stops the proceedings of the Portuguese Inquisition at the ..."
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