Definitions for Sephardim

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Sephardim Se·phar·dim

Spelling: [suh-fahr-dim, -fahr-deem]

IPA: /səˈfɑr dɪm, -fɑrˈdim/

Sephardim is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 795 anagrams from letters in Sephardim (adehimprs).

Definitions for Sephardim

plural noun

1. Jews of Spain and Portugal or their descendants, distinguished from the Ashkenazim and other Jewish communities chiefly by their liturgy, religious customs, and pronunciation of Hebrew: after expulsion from Spain and Portugal in 1492, established communities in North Africa, the Balkans, Western Europe, and elsewhere.

Origin of Sephardim

1850-55; Modern Hebrew Səphāraddīm, plural of Səphāraddī, equivalent to Hebrew Səphāradh (region mentioned in Bible (Obadiah 20) and assumed to be Spain) + -ī suffix of appurtenance

Examples for Sephardim

The Sephardim (Jews who have lived here for years) eat their meals in the courtyard.

Weisbach gives us the best description of the Sephardim Jew as to-day found at Constantinople.

The Sephardim all wear the dignified and beautiful Oriental costume.

For the following, compare Kayserling, Sephardim, p. 250 ff.

The lips are full and sensual, offering an especial contrast to the thin lips of the Sephardim.

All the Sephardim I visit have black pages—much grander than Wilkinson—and they tremble at my nod.