sephardi
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to Jews of Iberia and their traditions, customs, and rituals. Their traditional vernacular is Ladino.
adj
Of or relating to the Jews following the Sephardic law and customs; essentially, all non-Ashkenazi Jews in Israel, including those not of Iberian origin.
noun
Any Jew following the Sephardic law and customs, instead of the Ashkenazic.
Example Sentences
- "Their claim is at least so far acknowledged by the Jews all over the world that the first rank is allowed by them to the Sephardi congregation in Jerusalem."
- "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 network of closed spaces for marginalized people,” and to directly“[a]cknowledge and confront Ashkenormativity.”"
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more Sephardi (comparative)
most Sephardi (superlative)
Sefardi (alternative)
Sepharadi (alternative)
Sephardis (plural)
Sephardim (plural)
Sepharadim (plural)