‖ Sephardi
(sɪˈfɑːdiː)
Pl. Sephardim (-diːm), din (-diːn).
[mod.Heb. s⊇phardī, f. s⊇phārād, the name of a country mentioned only Obad. 20, and identified by the Rabbins with Spain.]
A Spanish or Portuguese Jew, a Jew of Spanish or Portuguese descent. Also attrib. Hence Seˈphardic a., pertaining to the Sephardim.
| 1851 Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 125 The Spanish and Portuguese Congregation of Jews, who are also called Sephardin. 1866 Engel Nat. Mus. 1 The synagogical hymns of the Sephardic Jews. 1892 Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 3 The pioneer colony of wealthy Sephardim, descendants of the Spanish crypto-Jews who had reached England viâ Holland. 1901 Daily Chron. 27 Dec. 4/4 The loans which Charles II., while in exile, received from Sephardi Jews at Amsterdam. |