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Converso

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conversanouna female converso
marranonoun(historical) A Jew who converted to Catholicism under threat or force.
tripulantnounA passenger or stowaway; especially, a Jewish emigrant during the Spanish Inquisition.
proselytenounOne who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
crypto-jewnounA person who, while publicly converting to another religion (such as Christianity or Islam), secretly practices Judaism.
giyoretnoun(Judaism) A female convert to Judaism.
spanish inquisitionnoun(historical) An extension of the Papal Inquisition, established in 15th-century Spain to investigate and punish converted Jews and Muslims thought to be insincere.
judaizernounSomeone who Judaizes.
proselytessnoun(rare, historical) A female proselyte; a female gentile who has converted to Judaism.
sephardinounOf or relating to Jews of Iberia and their traditions, customs, and rituals.
dönmehnoun(historical) A group of crypto-Jews in the Ottoman Empire who, to avoid imprisonment after declaring arrival of the doomsday messiah, converted publicly to Islam, but retained their Jewish beliefs in secret.
jewlovernoun(derogatory) A supporter of the Jews.
proselyte of the gatenoun(religion, historical) A convert who was not compelled to submit to the regulations of the Mosaic law.
jewlattonounA person of mixed Jewish ethnicity or heritage, especially half.
xuetanounOne of a strictly endogamous social group on the island of Mallorca, descendants of Mallorcan Jews who either converted to Christianity or were forced to keep their religion hidden.
judeo-spanishnounAlternative spelling of Judaeo-Spanish. [A Romance language, based on Old Spanish, and spoken almost exclusively by Sephardic Jews in Greece and Turkey.]
refujewnoun(US, informal) A Jewish refugee.
kofernoun(Judaism) A nonbeliever.
sofernounA Jewish scribe who can transcribe Torah scrolls and other religious writings.
judeo-catalannounA conjectured Jewish language spoken by the Jews in Northeastern Spain, especially in Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands.

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