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Diaspora
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What's The Definition Of Diaspora?
[n] the dispersion of the Jews from Palestine after the Babylonian exile (358 BC)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Diaspora: Related Terms | Find terms related to Diaspora: See Also | dispersion | scattering Diaspora In Webster's Dictionary \Di*as"po*ra\, n. [Gr. ?. See {Diaspore}.]
Lit., ``Dispersion.'' -- applied collectively: (a) To those
Jews who, after the Exile, were scattered through the Old
World, and afterwards to Jewish Christians living among
heathen. Cf. --James i. 1. (b) By extension, to Christians
isolated from their own communion, as among the Moravians to
those living, usually as missionaries, outside of the parent
congregation.
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