Category:Sephardic

Se*phar"dic, a. [from sephardim, a name applied to the spanish jews, Fr. Sephard, name of a place where jews were held in captivity (ob. 20).]

Defn: of, pertaining to, or designating, the jews (the sephardim, Also called spanish or portuguese jews) descended from jewish Families driven from spain by the inquisition.