| 释义 |
‖ 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.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 125 The Spanish and Portuguese Congregation of Jews, who are also called Sephardin. 1866Engel Nat. Mus. 1 The synagogical hymns of the Sephardic Jews. 1892Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 3 The pioneer colony of wealthy Sephardim, descendants of the Spanish crypto-Jews who had reached England viâ Holland. 1901Daily Chron. 27 Dec. 4/4 The loans which Charles II., while in exile, received from Sephardi Jews at Amsterdam. |