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Sephardis

Sephardis is the plural of Sephardi.

Meaning of Sephardi

Noun

Sephardi (plural Sephardis or Sephardim or Sepharadim)

  1. (strictly) A Jew of Iberian ancestry, whose traditional language is Ladino.
    • In a move aimed at avoiding the mistakes made by many of the Jewish institutions in which students have grown up, the guidebook encourages students creating new Jewish organizations to ensure that “JOCSM (Jews of Color, Sephardi, Mizrahi) feel included and comfortable,” to maintain a “[s]upportive...2019 July 3, Jess Schwalb, “Red Line Rebellion”, in Jewish Currents
  2. (Israel) Any Jew following the Sephardic law and customs, instead of the Ashkenazic.

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Questions about Sephardis

What is Sephardis the plural of?
Sephardis is the plural of Sephardi.

Words near Sephardis in the dictionary

  1. Sepharad
  2. Sepharadim
  3. Sephardi
  4. Sephardic
  5. Sephardim
  6. Sephardis
  7. Sephared
  8. sepharose
  9. Sepharvite
  10. Sepharvites
  11. sephen

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