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Kakure Kirishitans

Kakure Kirishitans is the plural of Kakure Kirishitan.

Meaning of Kakure Kirishitan

Noun

Kakure Kirishitan (plural Kakure Kirishitans)

  1. (historical) A member of the Japanese Catholic Church during the Edo period who went underground after the Shimabara Rebellion in the 1630s.

Questions about Kakure Kirishitans

What is Kakure Kirishitans the plural of?
Kakure Kirishitans is the plural of Kakure Kirishitan.

Words near Kakure Kirishitans in the dictionary

  1. Kaktovik
  2. Kakuda
  3. Kakugo virus
  4. Kakule
  5. Kakure Kirishitan
  6. Kakure Kirishitans
  7. kakuro
  8. kakuros
  9. Kakusandha
  10. Kakuske
  11. Kakutani

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