Anusim

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Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew אֲנוּסִים (literally compelled ones).

Noun[edit]

Anusim (plural Anusims)

  1. (Judaism) A Jew who violates Jewish law or is an apostate due to coercion, such as state persecution, often living as crypto-Jews.

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