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meshumad, meshummad|mɪˈʃʊmɑːd|
Pl. -im.
[Yiddish, f. Heb. mĕshummādh, lit. one who is destroyed.]
An apostate from Judaism.
1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 14 The new-fangled Jewish minister..rigged out like the Christian clergyman, has been mistaken for..a Meshumad, and pelted with gratuitous vegetables. 1903R. T. Herford Christianity in Talmud & Midrash ii. ii. 336 ‘Meshummadim’ are those who wilfully transgress some part of the ceremonial law, and thereby proclaim their apostasy. 1938Vallentine's Jewish Encycl. 45 The Heb. words for apostate are min,..mumar,..meshumad (one who has renounced his religion or, perhaps, one who has become baptized), and apikoros... The terms mumar and meshumad are often used indiscriminately... The Meshumadim, from early Middle Ages, developed a super-zeal for their new religion. 1962Stand. Jewish Encycl. 1308 Meshummad (Heb.): a convert to Christianity; an apostate (used opprobriously). 1968L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 238 Jews distinguish forced converts, or anusim, from those who joined another faith of their own volition, meshumadim. |