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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SEPHARDIC

SEPHARDIC Se *phar "dic, a. [From Sephardim, a name applied to the Spanish Jews,fr. Sephard, name of a place where Jews were held in captivity (Ob. 2 ).]

 

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Jews (the Sephardim, also called Spanish or Portuguese Jews ) descended from Jewish families driven from Spain by the Inquisition.