converso

American  

[kuhn-ver-soh] / kənˈvɛr soʊ /

noun

plural

conversos

1. History/Historical. a Jewish person, especially in Spain or Portugal, who was converted, often forcibly, to Christianity during the Middle Ages.

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Example Sentences

Duarte, who lived from 1610 to around 1678, belonged to the converso community of Antwerp—Jews who fled Portugal and Spain and converted to Catholicism.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019

De Carvajal was a converso, forced to adopt Catholicism but suspected of clandestinely practicing Jewish rituals.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2016

This answer was given by a fra converso, or lay brother, whose accent told plainly that he was a raw contadino, and whose dull glance implied no curiosity.

From Romola by Eliot, George

In the States where the dollar is 3/8 of a pound, this Unit will be 25/96 of a pound, and the operation must be to multiply by 25, and divide by 96, et e converso.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

Some of his work is in the stalls and sacristy cupboards of S. Marco, signed C.S.S., or S.S.C., that is, "Converso Sebastiano Schiavone," or "Seb: Sch: converso."

From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)