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Marrano (iou)



Marrano noun. Pl. -os. L16.
[Spanish, of unkn. origin.]
Hist. In medieval Spain: a christianized Jew or Moor, esp. one who merely professed conversion in order to avoid persecution.
Marranism noun the practice of Marranos of professing Christianity to avoid persecution M18.