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

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

Animo in studia severiora converso, fibre gradatim laxabantur.

From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

Those who live near Maryland, where the dollar is 7s. 6d. or 3/8 of a pound, multiply by 3, and divide by 8, et e converso.

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