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Se·phardi (sə färdē, -fär′dē)

noun pl. Sephardim Se·phar′·dim (sə färdim, -fär′dēm)

  1. a member of the group of Jews that lived in Spain and Portugal before the Inquisition and, after expulsion, in the Ottoman Empire, Middle East, and N Africa
  2. a descendant of this group

Etymology: Heb sefaradi, after sefarad, a region mentioned in Ob. 20, often identified with Spain, but prob. orig. an area in Asia Minor

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