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Marranos in a sentence

Marranos meaning

plural of Marrano

Using Marranos

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of Marrano

Context around Marranos

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Marranos

  • In this selection, "marranos" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, america, martyrs, becoming, nunez and meaning stand out and add context to how "marranos" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include conversos or marranos and cordovan martyrs marranos nunez and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "marranos" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with marranos

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

The Portuguese inquisitors mostly targeted the Jewish New Christians (i.e. conversos or marranos ). (14 words)

On 3 May 1655 Abendana delivered a famous memorial sermon on the Cordovan martyrs Marranos Nunez and Almeyda Bernal who had been burned at the stake. (26 words)

I have called contemporary conservatives in America Marranos, the name given during the 15th-century Spanish Inquisition to Jews who hid their Judaism while appearing to be Catholics, lest they be persecuted. (32 words)

Under the 1492 Alhambra Decree, Spain's Jewish population, unlike the Muslims, had already been forced to convert under threat of expulsion or even execution, becoming Marranos (meaning "pigs" in Spanish), or Catholics of Jewish descent. (36 words)

I have called contemporary conservatives in America Marranos, the name given during the 15th-century Spanish Inquisition to Jews who hid their Judaism while appearing to be Catholics, lest they be persecuted. (32 words)

On 3 May 1655 Abendana delivered a famous memorial sermon on the Cordovan martyrs Marranos Nunez and Almeyda Bernal who had been burned at the stake. (26 words)

Example sentences (4)

I have called contemporary conservatives in America Marranos, the name given during the 15th-century Spanish Inquisition to Jews who hid their Judaism while appearing to be Catholics, lest they be persecuted.

On 3 May 1655 Abendana delivered a famous memorial sermon on the Cordovan martyrs Marranos Nunez and Almeyda Bernal who had been burned at the stake.

The Portuguese inquisitors mostly targeted the Jewish New Christians (i.e. conversos or marranos ).

Under the 1492 Alhambra Decree, Spain's Jewish population, unlike the Muslims, had already been forced to convert under threat of expulsion or even execution, becoming Marranos (meaning "pigs" in Spanish), or Catholics of Jewish descent.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "marranos" in a sentence?
An example: "I have called contemporary conservatives in America Marranos, the name given during the 15th-century Spanish Inquisition to Jews who hid their Judaism while appearing to be Catholics, lest they be persecuted." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "marranos" from authentic English texts.
What does "marranos" mean?
Marranos means: plural of Marrano
How many example sentences with "marranos" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "marranos", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.