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Definition of Marrano
1. Noun. (medieval Spain and Portugal) a disparaging term for a Jew who converted to Christianity in order to avoid persecution but continued to practice their religion secretly.
Definition of Marrano
1. Noun. (historical) Any of the Sephardi Jews who stayed in Iberia during the Spanish Inquisition, and continued to practice Judaism in secret. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marrano
1. a Jew in Spain who professed Christianity to avoid persecution [n -NOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marrano
Literary usage of Marrano
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Zionism, 1600-1918 by Nahum Sokolow (1919)
"CHAPTER VI SOME OF MANASSEH'S VIEWS The massacres of Podolia—The marrano
Tragedy—Manasseh's views on the mission of Israel—Dispersion and Restoration—R. ..."
2. History of the Jews by Heinrich Graetz, Philipp Bloch (1895)
"Of the Jewish marrano poetesses, it will suffice to name the fair and gifted Isabel
... Of a far different stamp was the marrano Thomas de Pinedo (Isaac, ..."
3. History of the Jews by Heinrich Graetz, Philipp Bloch (1895)
"Of the Jewish marrano poetesses, it will suffice to name the fair and gifted Isabel
... Of a far different stamp was the marrano Thomas de Pinedo (Isaac, ..."
4. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Baretti (1851)
"Rafter or wood-work which supports a floor or a cistern. marrano, HA, a. Cursed,
excommunicated. M ARRAR, en. To deviate from truth or justice. MARRAS, ad. ..."
5. Menasseh Ben Israel's Mission to Oliver Cromwell: Being a Reprint of the by Manasseh ben Israel (1901)
"... figuring in a lawsuit in London.2 In 1550 a marrano physician was discovered
living in London. Another, Roderigo Lopes, was court physician to Queen ..."
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