Marrano
See also: marrano
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish marrano, of disputed origin. Perhaps a transferred use of marrano (“hog”), but many sources regard them as distinct words.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editMarrano (plural Marranos)
- (historical) Any of the Sephardi Jews who stayed in Iberia during the Spanish Inquisition, and continued to practice Judaism in secret.
- 1999, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 161:
- 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.