Look at the Crypto-Jews, the Marranos, who for centuries lived a double life, outwardly Christians, but handing down secretly from generation to generation the faith, the traditions, the observances of Judaism.
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Marrano
//məˈɹɑːnəʊ//
Synonyms for "marrano" (2 found)
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French
1 entries- marrane noun (Iberian Jew who practised Judaism in secret)
Hebrew
1 entries- אָנוּס noun (Iberian Jew who practised Judaism in secret)
Portuguese
1 entries- marrano noun (Iberian Jew who practised Judaism in secret)
Spanish
1 entries- marrano noun (Iberian Jew who practised Judaism in secret)
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In the Portuguese universities, the Marranos had studied logic, physics, medicine and mathematics, but they had no expertise in the more intuitive disciplines of Jewish practice.
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