Anusim
English
Etymology
From Hebrew אֲנוּסִים (literally “compelled ones”).
Noun
Anusim (plural Anusims)
- (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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