• (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Jews (the Sephardim, also called Spanish or Portuguese Jews) descended from Jewish families driven from Spain by the Inquisition.
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Se·phar'dic adjective [ From
Sephardim , a name applied to the Spanish Jews, from
Sephard , name of a place where Jews were held in captivity (
Ob. 20 ).] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Jews (the
Sephardim , also called
Spanish or
Portuguese Jews ) des...
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Descendants of the Jews who lived in Spain or Portugal before 1492. The term is now often applied to Jews of Arabic and Middle Eastern background who are more accurately called Eastern Jews.
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