English Explanatory Dictionary

Ashchenazim

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of Ashkenazim.

Word forms

Ashchenazim

Etymology

Identical with Ashkenazim, but formed on the pattern of Ashchenaz, the spelling of the name of the Biblical figure found in the Bible's First Book of the Chronicles, as opposed to Ashkenaz, the spelling which occurs in the Book of Genesis.

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