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Se·phar·di | \ sə-ˈfär-dē 
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\ plural Sephardim\ sə-ˈfär-dəm \
\Definition of Sephardi
: a member of the occidental branch of European Jews settling in Spain and Portugal and later in the Balkans, the Levant, England, the Netherlands, and the Americas also : one of their descendants — compare ashkenazi
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Sephardic \ sə-ˈfär-dik \ adjective
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